G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, M. Schofield, "Parmenides of Elea," in The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History, second edition, Cambridge University Press, 1983, pp. 239-62.
[In the following excerpt, originally published in a different form in 1957, Kirk, Raven, and Schofield attempt to explicate Parmenides's poem, portions of which they deem to be of "ineradicable obscurity. " Greek words that were originally included in this essay have been omitted.]
Parmenides' Hexameter...
Source: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, ©1997 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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