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The name Antiphon the Sophist (/ ˈ æ n t ə ˌ f ɒ n,-ən /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφῶν) is used to refer to the writer of several Sophistic treatises. He probably lived in Athens in the last two decades of the 5th century BC, but almost nothing is known of his life.
There is longstanding uncertainty and scholarly controversy over whether the Sophistic works of Antiphon and a treatise on the Interpretation of Dreams were also written by Antiphon the Orator, or whether they were written by a separate man known as Antiphon the Sophist. This article only discusses Antiphon the Orator's biography and oratorical ...
This doctrine aimed to enable the vision of divine light through specific ascetic practices. Gregory of Sinai asserted that, at a certain point, a praying monk could be engulfed by an indescribable bliss and illuminated by an ineffable light – the same light the apostles witnessed on Mount Tabor . [ 23 ]
The recent scholarly edition of Pendrick, however, sees it as probable that this treatise was written by the same author as the Sophistic works, as does the edition of Laks and Most. Some earlier scholars, though, including E. R. Dodds, take the view that Antiphon the dream-interpreter was a separate person. [1] [2]
Sophistic works of Antiphon; T. Tractatus coislinianus; Z. On Nature (Zeno) This page was last edited on 27 February 2024, at 01:56 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The exact date of the speech is uncertain, though it is likely to have been composed in the final decade of Antiphon's life (421–411 BC). [8] K.J. Dover suggests that "Against the Stepmother" was produced after what is now known as Antiphon's sixth speech, but before the fifth. [9] Therefore, Dover dates the speech to between 419 and 414 BC. [10]
Antiphon (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιφῶν) of Athens, according to the Suda, was an interpreter of signs, epic poet and sophist, surnamed Logomageiros (Λογομάγειρος), which means both "Word-cook" and "Word-butcher". None of his works are extant, and he is only attested in the Suda.
In the Augustan age four hundred and twenty-five works bore his name, of which more than two hundred were allowed as genuine by the critics. The table below shows the name of the speech (in the ordered listed in the Lamb translation), the suggested date of the speech, the primary rhetorical mode, the main point of the speech, and comments.