Dystopia and affection for Homer in the Republic
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I wish to argue here that in Book X of the Republic the mesmerizing side of Homer’s poetry is presented – precisely when it is expelled from the ideal city – as the very reason of its existence and for its returning from exile. Plato thus underlines, recurring to Socratic humor and irony, the ambivalent and dystopic core of the proposal and creates at the same time a connection with another dialogue where poetry seems to be criticized, the Ion.
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