Receptions and appropriations of Platonic myth: Dio, Plutarch, and Aristides between literary fashion and philosophical exegesis

Abstract This chapter examines the Platonizing myths of Dio Chrysostom, Plutarch, and (to a lesser degree) Aelius Aristides, in light our evidence for both philosophical literary-rhetorical reception Plato’s own myths. It argues that, while reflections development Platonism as systematic philosophy can be detected them, it hard may some respects pointless to disentangle this input neatly from ramifications reception.