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100	1		_aAkçay, K. Nilüfer, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPorphyry's On the cave of the nymphs in its intellectual context / _cby K. Nilufer Akcay.
264		1	_aLeiden Boston : _bBRILL, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStudies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition; _vvolume23
490	1		_aClassical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tFront Matter -- Copyright Page / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Dedication / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Acknowledgements / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Abbreviations / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Introduction / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Allegory as a Way of Thinking in On the Cave of the Nymphs / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- The Cave as Symbol and Image of the Cosmos / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Embodiment / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- The Path towards the Immortality of the Soul / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Conclusion / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay -- General Index / _rK. Ni̇lüfer Akçay.
520			_aNeoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most significant allegorical interpretation handed down to us from Antiquity. This monograph, exclusively dedicated to the analysis of On the Cave of Nymphs, demonstrates that Porphyry interprets Homer’s verse from Odyssey 13.102-112 to convey his philosophical thoughts, particularly on the material world, relationship between soul and body and the salvation of the soul through the doctrines of Plato and Plotinus. The Homeric cave of the nymphs with two gates is a station where the souls descend into genesis and ascend to the intelligible realm. Porphyry associates Odysseus’ long wanderings with the journey of the soul and its salvation from the irrational to rational through escape from all toils of the material world.
600	0	0	_aPorphyry, _dapproximately 234-approximately 305. _tPeri tou en Odysseia tōn nymphōn antrou.
650		0	_aNeoplatonism.
650		0	_aAllegory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tPorphyry's On the cave of the nymphs in its intellectual context, _dLeiden Boston: BRILL, 2019 _w9789004407596
830		0	_aStudies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition; _vvolume23.
830		0	_aClassical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004408272
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