TY - JOUR

T1 - The letters of the "pythagorean" women melissa to kleareta and myia to phyllis. A commented translation into the Russian

AU - Afonasina, Anna

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - Two letters of the "Pythagorean" women Melissa and Myia, addressed to their female friends, are translated into the Russian for the first time. In the introduction, the reader will find background information about the origin of the letters, their textual tradition, their discovery in the beginning of the 19th century, and, finally, the formation of a critical approach to them in the context of the emerging studies of so-called Pseudopythagorica. In the complementary notes to the text, I am placing the letters in the context of an appropriate philosophical tradition and making some textual observations. The translation of these two letters is a part of the research project called on to open a much-neglected page in the history of philosophy, and to show that ignoring secondary sources can often lead to a serious narrow-mindedness in our understanding of ancient philosophical tradition.

AB - Two letters of the "Pythagorean" women Melissa and Myia, addressed to their female friends, are translated into the Russian for the first time. In the introduction, the reader will find background information about the origin of the letters, their textual tradition, their discovery in the beginning of the 19th century, and, finally, the formation of a critical approach to them in the context of the emerging studies of so-called Pseudopythagorica. In the complementary notes to the text, I am placing the letters in the context of an appropriate philosophical tradition and making some textual observations. The translation of these two letters is a part of the research project called on to open a much-neglected page in the history of philosophy, and to show that ignoring secondary sources can often lead to a serious narrow-mindedness in our understanding of ancient philosophical tradition.

KW - Ancient education

KW - Ancient medicine

KW - Family life

KW - Pseudopythagorica

KW - Pythagorean letters

KW - Upbringing

KW - Women's education

KW - women's education

KW - family life

KW - ancient education

KW - upbringing

KW - ancient medicine

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047609756&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.21267/AQUILO.2018.12.10430

DO - 10.21267/AQUILO.2018.12.10430

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85047609756

VL - 12

SP - 276

EP - 286

JO - Schole

JF - Schole

SN - 1995-4328

IS - 1

ER -