I. Works by Anne Carson > E. Academic articles > I.E.1992.001
Carson, Anne
“How Not to Read a Poem: Unmixing Simonides from “Protagoras”” in Classical philology 87.2 (1992), 110–130.
DOI: 10.1086/367294
ISSN: 0009-837X
Notes from Source: The first mention of Simonides’ poetic fragment is found in Plato’s ‘Protagoras’ where Socrates and Protagoras attempt to analyze the poem on a philosophical basis. However, their discourse does not uncover the fragment’s meaning even though every aspect is closely examined. Socrates suggests in ‘Protagoras’ that ‘listening to a philosopher analyzing a poem is like watching a man attack a river with a sword,’ and this discourse upholds the folly of seeking truth in poetry.
Further Notes: Place: Chicago
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject Tags: Blame, Greek language, Greek poetry, Literary criticism, Love, Morality, Philosophy, Pindar, Plato, Poetry, Praise, Protagoras, Simonides of Keos, Socrates, Sophists, Soul
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