Antiphon in the New Millennium

This paper is an overview — in it I take a critical look at works that have come out recent years about Antiphon. My primary focus on four books: two scholarly Antiphon, one by Annie Hourcade and another Michael Gagarin, edition of the fragments Antiphon’s treatises with detailed commentary Gerard Pendrick, and, finally, new speeches prepared Mervin Dilts David Murphy. There still dispute among scholars authorship Corpus Antiphonteum. Some (the separatists) consider there were separate authors for speeches, hand, treatises, other Antiphon orator sophist, respectively. Others unitarians) insist was single author both treatises. In 19th first half 20th centuries, separatists had upper but situation slowly began to change, now most rightly so my opinion argue authorship. The are compelled divide biographical testimonies between sophist. But case turns more than little information person. this paper, present review evidence according which invented τέχνη ἀλυπίας opened psychotherapeutic clinic, where he tried help his patients using verbal therapy. call tradition clinic into question. attribute any Like scholars, uphold credibility clinic. also image presented Xenophon (Mem. 1, 6.). Many Xenophon’s story be fictitious or reject outright. believe calls sophist very sentence sixth chapter order distinguish him from namesake, orator. think goal different. Socrates,in conversation during their second meeting, describes later same chapter, likens sophists πόρνοι 1. 6. 13). Obviously, because intends shameful implications comparison applied foremost him. Gagarin want show Even though Pendrick separatist, parallels draws individual passages also, think, favor idea conclude that, thanks workof these has, although not yet fully, been put back together again.