“Like Some Odysseus”: Aelius Aristides and Plato’s Visits to Sicily

Abstract

This article examines the comparison between Plato’s visits to Sicily and Odysseus’ nostos in Plato’s Seventh Letter and Aelius Aristides’ Defence of Oratory and Defence of the Four. It traces Aristides’ reformulation of the comparison which aims to cast a shadow on the philosopher and his encounters with Dionysius the Younger.