{"title":"A Soul Fallen from Noetic Grace: Proclus’s Transformation of Tantalus ( Commentary on the Cratylus §94, 46.24–47.7)","authors":"Mikolaj Domaradzki","doi":"10.1353/are.2023.a907202","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present paper discusses one of the most interesting and beautiful—yet widely ignored—interpretations of the story of Tantalus. In his Commentary on the Cratylus, Proclus expounds the tale as a cautionary allegory of the soul’s heavenly origin, its fall from grace, its punishment of incarnation, and its return to the noetic home. This article shows the novelty of Proclus’s account, and covers its historical and philosophical background.","PeriodicalId":44750,"journal":{"name":"ARETHUSA","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ARETHUSA","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2023.a907202","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The present paper discusses one of the most interesting and beautiful—yet widely ignored—interpretations of the story of Tantalus. In his Commentary on the Cratylus, Proclus expounds the tale as a cautionary allegory of the soul’s heavenly origin, its fall from grace, its punishment of incarnation, and its return to the noetic home. This article shows the novelty of Proclus’s account, and covers its historical and philosophical background.
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Arethusa is known for publishing original literary and cultural studies of the ancient world and of the field of classics that combine contemporary theoretical perspectives with more traditional approaches to literary and material evidence. Interdisciplinary in nature, this distinguished journal often features special thematic issues.
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