The Evolution Of EiroŌ Neia In Classical Greek Texts: Why Socratic EiroŌ Neia Is Not Socratic Irony

Melissa Lane

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Classical Philosophy and Thought Classical Antiquity Studies Classical Studies and Philology

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Abstract This paper argues that eirōneia and its cognates should nowhere in Plato be translated as ‘irony’2 (defining ‘irony’ as ‘saying something with the intent that the message is understood as conveying the opposite or an otherwise di·erent meaning’).

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