![]() ![]() 180d) allows us to better appreciate Socrates’ critique of poets in the Republic. 180d) and that everything is in flux (Theaet. Thus, reading the Republic in the context of other Platonic dialogues such as the Cratylus and Theaetetus where Socrates identifies Homer as the source of the view that Ocean is the origin of all things (Crat. Rather, there is an implicit critique of Homer as the “poet of Becoming” in the dialogue. ![]() Even though Segal has already argued for seeing the Republic as an Odyssean voyage, this article suggests that Plato does more than simply borrow the idea of a voyage as a metaphor for the wanderings of the soul. ![]() It argues that the Republic unfolds as a nostos voyage, with Socrates striving to steer the soul home. This article discusses the Homeric background of the Republic with the aim of eluci- dating Plato’s critique of Homeric nostos. ![]()
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