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484 DE NOVIS LIBRIS IUDICIA D. PESCE, La Tavola di Cebete (Antichità classica e cris- tiana, 21). Brescia, Paideia, 1982. 106 p. Pr. L 15.000. J. T. FITZGERALD & L. M. WHITE, The Tabula of Cebes (Soc. of Biblical Literature, Texts and Translations 24, Graeco-Roman Religious Series 9). Chico (Calif.), Scholars Press, 1983. x, 225 p. Pr. $ 14.25. Fitzgerald and White (henceforth F.-W.) provide Praechter's text (with app. crit.), translation, useful introduction, stimulating commentary in the guise of notes to the transl., supplementary notes to the Greek text, index verborum. Their discussion of the various interpretations to which the Pinax has been subjected is in- formative ; their points about the genre involved (1 f. : combina- tion of ekphrasis, erotapocritic dialogue, pseudo-Socratic dialogue) are illuminating. Pesce's (henceforth P.) more popular booklet also provides Praechter's text (without app. crit.), translation, brief in- troduction, some exegetical notes, index verborum. Both F.-W. and P. argue against Joly's interpretation') of the Pinax as a Pythagorean allegory and defend the (by now traditional) view that it is an example of the popular and eclectic Cynic philosophy of the early Roman era; successfully, I believe. P. mainly discusses Joly; F.-W. attempt to
Mnemosyne – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1986
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