Dionysius of Alicarnassus on the pleasant and the beautiful - Traces of Platonic influence
Περίληψη
Στο έργο του Περί συνθέσεως ονομάτων ο Διονύσιος Αλικαρνασσεύς ισχυρίζεται ότι η επιτυχημένη σύνθεση πρέπει να επιδιώκει πάντοτε να κατακτήσει δύο απολύτως διακριτούς μεταξύ τους στόχους: τὴν ἡδονήν και τὸ καλόν. Παρά την κεντρική θέση, όμως, που έχει αυτή η διάκριση στη θεωρία του για την επιτυχημένη σύνθεση, ο Διονύσιος δεν καταφέρνει να την υποστηρίξει και να την εξηγήσει ικανοποιητικά και πειστικά ούτε με τις θεωρητικές του προσεγγίσεις ούτε με τα παραδείγματα που προσκομίζει. Τίθεται, επομένως, το ερώτημα πού στηρίζει αυτή τη βασική και σταθερή πεποίθησή του ο Διονύσιος. Στο άρθρο αυτό θα υποστηρίξω την άποψη ότι η συγκεκριμένη θέση του μπορεί να ερμηνευτεί ως δείγμα πλατωνικής επίδρασης. Αυτό που δεν καταφέρνει να εξηγήσει με σαφήνεια ο Διονύσιος εξηγείται, πιστεύω, σε ικανοποιητικό βαθμό από την πλατωνική θεωρία που φαίνεται ότι είχε κατά νου.
ABSTRACT
The distinction between the pleasant and the beautiful is a basic one in Dionysius On Literary Composition. Despite the great importance of his distinction, however, he does not manage to substantiate it in a clear and direct way. My main argument is based on this observation that Dionysius basic distinction between a pleasant and a beautiful style is not persuasively supported either by his theoretical considerations or by his examples. This means that the question where he grounds his conviction about the validity of his distinction is open. I interpret this conviction as a sign of deep Platonic influence. I will try to show that what Dionysius does not manage to explain clearly is explained to a certain extent by the Platonic theory he seems to have in mind.
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Literary Composition, Being the Greek text of the De compositione verborum, Edited with Introduction, Translation, Notes, Glossary, and Appendices by W. Rhys Roberts, London, 1910.
De compositione verborum, H. Usener and R. Radermacher, Dionysius Hallicarnaseus: Quae extant, Teubner, 1965 (ανατ.).
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Critical Essays, II, Edited by J. Henderson, With an English Translation by S. Usher, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1985 (LCL).
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