Diagoras, Bellerophon and the Siege of Olympus. (13th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Whitmarsh, Tim
• Is Part Of: Journal of Hellenic studies. Volume 136(2016)
• Page Start: 182
• Page End: 186
• Publication Date: 2016-12-13
• Subjects: Diagoras, -- Euripides, -- Bellerophon, -- Atheism; Greek philology -- Periodicals; Inscriptions, Greek -- Periodicals; Greece -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 938
• DOI: 10.1017/S0075426916000136
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0075-4269

Abstract

Abstract: A consensus has formed over the last 30 years that Diagoras was not really an atheist and that the famous Apopurgizontes Logoi were falsely attributed to him at a later stage. This note argues that the evidence is consistent with the view that Diagoras was indeed an atheist and did indeed compose the Apopurgizontes . Further hints in other sources allow us to reconstruct, albeit speculatively, aspects of Diagoras' thought and self-presentation.