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Elenchos e Bomolochos: Le parole della commedia in viaggio nel tempo (2017)
Book Chapter
Capra, A., & Giovannelli, M. (2017). Elenchos e Bomolochos: Le parole della commedia in viaggio nel tempo. In A. Camerotto, & S. Maso (Eds.), La satira del successo: La spettacolarizzazione della cultura nel mondo antico (tra retorica, filosofia, religione e potere) (15-32). Mimesis

Seeing through Plato’s Looking Glass. Mythos and Mimesis from Republic to Poetics (2017)
Journal Article
Capra, A. (2017). Seeing through Plato’s Looking Glass. Mythos and Mimesis from Republic to Poetics. Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell'estetico, 10, 75-86. https://doi.org/10.13128/aisthesis-20905

This paper revisits Plato’s and Aristotle’s views on mimesis with a special emphasis on mythos as an integral part of it. I argue that the Republic’s notorious “mirror argument” is in fact ad hominem: first, Plato likely has in mind Agathon’s mirror... Read More about Seeing through Plato’s Looking Glass. Mythos and Mimesis from Republic to Poetics.