Diagoras of Melos: A Contribution to the History of Ancient Atheism

Marek Winiarczyk

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Diagoras of Melos

A Contribution to the History of Ancient Atheism

Marek Winiarczyk

Volume 350 in the series Beiträge zur Altertumskunde

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110448047

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About this book

Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c. B.C.) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist and the author of a prose work on atheism in antiquity. He was notorious for revealing and ridiculing the Eleusinian Mysteries and was condemned for impiety at Athens. The present book evaluates Diagoras’ biography and shows that he cannot be considered to have been an atheist in the modern sense.

Author / Editor information

Marek Winiarczyk, University of Wroclaw, Poland.

Reviews

"[...] the meticulous attention to the sources make this a valuable and indispensable contribution to the study of ancient atheism."
Jenny Strauss Clay in: Religious Studies Review 43/3 (2018), 278

"I greatly admire Winiarczyk’s erudition and scholarship: this book is a masterful, indeed brilliant philological epideixis, and will be the foundation for all future research on Diagoras. [...] Winiarczyk is a lucid and careful writer, and a pleasure to read."
Tim Whitmarsh in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.08.36

"[...] insgesamt stellt die Monographie, die sich auf hohem philologischen Niveau bewegt, eine der wichtigsten Publikationen zu Diagoras und mit diesem zum antiken Atheismus dar."
Wolfgang Will in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 142 (2017) Nr. 9, S. 885

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
I. Current State of Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Analysis of the More Important Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
III. The Life of Diagoras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
IV. The Problem of Diagoras’ Atheism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
V. Diagoras as the Supposed Author of the Commentary on the Derveni Papyrus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
VI. Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Appendix I. Diagoras as an Impious Person and Atheist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Appendix II. Contra Deos Testimonium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Appendix III. Gods Punish Those Who Stay With an Impious Person Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Indexes
1. Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
2. Index of geographical and ethnic names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
3. Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
4. Greek and Latin words and expressions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
5. Index of passages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in classics, ancient history, history of religion, history of philosophy.
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 224
Keywords: History of ancient atheism; capture of Melos; Derveni papyrus

eBook

Published: July 11, 2016
ISBN: 9783110448047

Hardcover

Published: July 11, 2016
ISBN: 9783110443776