This paper analyses Empedocles’ contribution to Sicilian politics as described by the ancient sources cited by Diogenes Laertius. It offers a close analysis of a bizarre anecdote by Timaeus (FGrHist 566 F 134), where Empedocles got rid of a potential tyrant to preserve political equality, also in the light of other ancient accounts in which Empedocles is described as a man of his people.
Empedocles Arbiter Symposii. Luxury, political equality, and bizarre dinner parties in fifth-century Acragras / Andolfi, Ilaria. - In: HISTOS. - ISSN 2046-5963. - 14:(2020), pp. 206-230.
Empedocles Arbiter Symposii. Luxury, political equality, and bizarre dinner parties in fifth-century Acragras
Andolfi IlariaPrimo
2020
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This paper analyses Empedocles’ contribution to Sicilian politics as described by the ancient sources cited by Diogenes Laertius. It offers a close analysis of a bizarre anecdote by Timaeus (FGrHist 566 F 134), where Empedocles got rid of a potential tyrant to preserve political equality, also in the light of other ancient accounts in which Empedocles is described as a man of his people.File allegati a questo prodotto
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