The Translation of Republic 606a3–b5 and Plato's Partite Psychology

Classical Philology 114 (1):136-141 (2019)
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Abstract

In this paper I discuss the translation of a line in Plato's description of the ‘greatest accusation’ against imitative poetry, Republic 606a3–b5. This line is pivotal in Plato's account of how poetry corrupts its audience and is one of the Republic's most complex and interesting applications of his partite psychology, but it is misconstrued in most recent translations, including the most widely used. I argue that an examination of the text and reflections on Platonic psychology settle the translation decisively.

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Damien Storey
Koc University

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