Aristophanes' Hiccups and Pausanius's Sophistry in Plato's Symposium
(2022)
Journal Article
Hooper, A. (2022). Aristophanes' Hiccups and Pausanius's Sophistry in Plato's Symposium. Arethusa, 55(2), 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2022.0005
This paper concerns the episode of Aristophanes’ hiccups in Plato’s Symposium. The sequence is typically understood to be, not merely a comic aside, but rather a means by which Aristophanes offers commentary on the claims of other speakers in the dia... Read More about Aristophanes' Hiccups and Pausanius's Sophistry in Plato's Symposium.