SAPERE XIII: The Philosopher and His Image

The Philosopher and His Image, introduced, translated and with interpretative essays by Heinz-Günther Nesselrath / Sotera Fornaro / Eugenio Amato / Barbara Borg / Ilaria Ramelli / Jacques Schamp / Renate Burri / Johannes Hahn, Tübingen 2009.

This volume presents some lecture texts (or. 54, 55, 70, 71 and 72) of the orator and philosopher Dion of Prusa (c. 40 - after 111 CE) - also called Chrysostomos ("Goldmund") - which have never been commented on in detail before. They paint a picture of the philosopher not as an abstract thinker, but as a new Odysseus, Heracles, but also Socrates and Diogenes, who interferes and provokes people by his appearance and his very appearance and stimulates them to rethink and improve their own lives; they outline an ideal of practical ethics to which Dion himself felt committed and which can also have an effect far beyond his own time and the diverse society of the Roman imperial era.

Reviews:

• T. Bekker- Nielsen,  Bryn Mawr Classical Review 07.07 (2010).
• R. Stefec, Gymnasium 117/ 5 (2010), 485-6.
• M. Haake, Theologische Literaturzeitung 137 (2012), 2.
• J. Wintjes
• International Review of Biblical Studies 56 (2009/10), 1391.

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther; Fornaro, Sotera; Amato, Eugenio; Borg, Barbara; Ramelli, Ilaria; Schamp, Jacques; Burri, Renate; Hahn, Johannes
Composite volume; German, Ancient Greek
Published: 2009
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck Verlag: Tübingen
ISBN: 987-3-16-149440-6