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Plato's Use of Quotations and Other Illustrative Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Dorothy Tarrant
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Plato's use of illustrative material, in the widest sense, is very varied. Parts of the field have had some study—his use of metaphor and simile (still capable, no doubt, of yielding more meaning in relation to his thought) and his use of proverbs, at least as regards subject-matter and sources. The object of the present article is to consider in general what may already have been catalogued somewhere—his quotations from other writers (mainly from poets) and his references to myths and to other stories.

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Research Article
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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 1-2 , January 1951 , pp. 59 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1951

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References

page 63 note 1 C.Q. xl. 3–4, 07–10 1946, p. iii.Google Scholar