Studies in Fifth Century Thought and Literature (Yale Classical Studies (No. 22)) PDF
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YALE CLASSICAL STUDIES YALE CLASSICAL STUDIES EDITED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS by ADAM PARRY VOLUME XXII STUDIES IN FIFTH-CENTURY THOUGHT AND LITERATURE CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1972 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521124805 © Cambridge University Press 1972 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1972 This digitally printed version 2009 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 71—166948 ISBN 978-0-521-08305-8 Hardback ISBN 978-0-521-12480-5 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents Tribute to Harry Mortimer Hubbell vn Preface ix Eric A. Havelock The Socratic self as it is parodied in Aristophanes' Clouds 1 A. Thomas Cole The relativism of Protagoras Adam Parry Thucydides' historical perspective 47 William Sale The psychoanalysis of Pentheus in the Bacchae of Euripides 63 Geoffrey S. Kirk Aetiology, ritual, charter: three equivocal terms in the study of myths 83 Marsh McCall Divine and human action in Sophocles: the two burials of the Antigone 103 Hugh Lloyd-Jones Menander's Samia in the light of the new evidence 119 Marylin Arthur The choral odes of the Bacchae of Euripides i45 Daniel P. Tompkins Stylistic characterization in Thucydides: Nicias and Alcibiades 181 Robert S. Brumbaugh Scientific apparatus onstage in 423 B.C. 215 David Glaus Phaedra and the Socratic paradox 223 Bernard M. W. Knox Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulide 1-163 (in that order) 239 Hugh Lloyd-Jones Notes on Sophocles' Trachiniae 263 Harry Mortimer Hubbell 1881-1971 Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche HARRY MORTIMER HUBBELL received his formal education in New Haven, Connecticut: a graduate of Hillhouse High School, he entered Yale to win his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. But his progress to the doctorate was interrupted by periods of teaching in New York State and New Jersey. A combination of teaching and ad- ministrative authority in these positions is reflected in his career at Yale, where he was appointed in 1911; here, whether as instructor or Talcott Professor, a full teaching program never blunted his readiness to undertake academic committee work and finally the chairmanship of his department. It is not surprising that his delight in interpreting the values of classical literature led him in 1924 to introduce a course in Classical Civilization designed to interest those who had little or no Latin and Greek in the achievements of the ancient world. In this he was a pioneer, for few classical scholars at that time, not excepting colleagues, found such a program congenial or significant. He remained actively interested in this field throughout his life, and the proliferation of similar or derived courses in this country and elsewhere bears out his judge- ment. A man of such quiet energy as his could not settle into in- activity. On his retirement in 1950 a Visiting Professorship in the University of California at Berkeley was followed by a Fulbright Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome; he was one of the first John Hay Whitney Professors, joining the faculty at Goucher College, Maryland, where his enthusiasm raised a class of six to forty students. There were other appointments: at Princeton, Albertus Magnus, and in 1962 at Yale. His special interest lay in Greek and Latin rhetoric; it showed itself in books, translations, and numerous articles on Isocrates, Cicero, Philodemus, St Chrysostom. But his wide-ranging mind could also investigate Ptolemy's Zoo, horse-sacrifices in antiquity, or a Christian liturgy found in an Egyptian papyrus; his know- ledge of meteorology and astronomy could be valuable to such as [vii] viii Obituary might wish to fix the date of an eclipse in antiquity or know the prospects for a good day's sailing. Harry Hubbell was known to his colleagues as 'Teacher5. No one could have deserved that friendly and respectful greeting more than he, not merely for his devotion in the classroom, but for his willingness to assist any who sought his advice: where he could give no immediate answer he knew where the answer might be found; and he might well, in his enthusiasm, anticipate his questioner, find, and offer the answer himself. He was, as one of his favorite authors might have said, not only CF090S, but qnAoaocpos, a wise man still seeking for knowledge. In temperament he was, as many testimonials attest, genial; one is reminded of Aristophanes3 complimentary reference to Sophocles - EUKOAOS. This is how we remember him - and he would like it: qnAocrocpos KOCI 8i5daKocAos euKoAos. CHRISTOPHERM. DAWSON Preface THE ARTICLES in this volume are addressed primarily to the professional Classicist. Some of them, however, are much less technical than others. E. A. Havelock's study of Aristophanes' Clouds deals with a fundamental aspect of Socratic thought; A. T. Cole introduces new distinctions into the conventional picture of Sophistic relativism; A. Parry infers from the Archaeology Thucy- dides' theory of history; W. Sale applies psychoanalytic concepts closely to a character of Euripides; and G. S. Kirk examines the definition of 'myth' in the light of Greek and other myths. All these articles deal with questions that are bound to be of interest to anyone concerned with the history of thought in the Western World; all are comprehensible to those who are not expert in Greek philology, and even to those who do not know Greek. A middle ground in this respect is occupied by M. McCaWs solution to a perplexing problem in Sophocles' Antigone; by H. Lloyd-Jones' reconstruction of the plot and mood of Menander's Samia; by M. Arthur's study of the independent role of the chorus in Euripides' Bacchae; by D. Tompkins' demonstration that Thucy- dides does after all adjust his style to individual historical charac- ters, by R. Brumbaugh's brief argument that Socrates, as portrayed by Aristophanes, used scientific models, and by D. Glaus' interpre- tation of a key speech in Euripides' Hippolytus. These articles deal with more specific problems than the previous group, and mostly require a knowledge of Greek texts in the original language to be understood. Finally, the articles of B. Knox on Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis and H. Lloyd-Jones on Sophocles' Trachiniae are philology in an old sense. They apply technical expertise to the problems of the text. The contents of this volume therefore cover a fairly wide spectrum in generality of interest and in degree of technicality. Such a spectrum is fairly characteristic of the present state of Classical studies, and, it might be argued, properly so. Without the ability to apply linguistic and stylistic learning to the details of a text, we shall ultimately lose contact with the substance of [ix]
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