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Reading Plato in AntiquityHarold Tarrant, Dirk Baltzly (Editors), 2006&#160;This important collection of original essays is the first to concentrate on how the ancients responded to the challenge of reading and interpreting Plato, primarily between 100 BC and AD 600. It incorporates the fruits of recent research into late antique philosophy, in particular its approach to hermeneutic problems. While a number of prominent figures, including Apuleius, Galen, Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus, receive detailed attention, several essays concentrate on the important figure of Proclus who provides the theme for the jacket of this book, with his characterisation of the true interpreters of Plato's philosophy as a chorus of Bacchants.The essays appear in the chronological order of their focal interpreters, giving a sense of the development of Platonist exegesis in this period. Reflecting their devotion to a common theme, the essays have been selected and are presented with a composite bibliography and indices.(Text by the editors)&#160;Table of contentsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction, Harold Tarrant &#38; Dirk Baltzly1. Platonic interpretation and eclectic theory, Harold Tarrant2. Pedantry and pedestrianism? Some reflections on the Middle Platonic commentary tradition , John Dillon3. Apuleius on the Platonic gods, John F. Finamore4. 'Plato will tell you': Galen's use of the Phaedrus in De Placitis Hippocratis et Platonis IX, Julius Rocca5. Platonists on the origin of evil, John Phillips6. The species infima as the infinite: Timaeus 39e7-9 Parmenides 144b4-c1 and Philebus 16e1-2 in Plotinus Ennead VI.2.22 73, Atsushi Sumi7. The doctrine of the degrees of virtues in the Neoplatonists: an analysis of Porphyry's Sentence , its antecedents, and its heritage, Luc Brisson8. The mathematics of justice, Hayden W. Ausland9. A historical cycle of hermeneutics in Proclus' Platonic Theology, Tim Buckley10. Proclus as a reader of Plato's Timaeus, John J. Cleary11. The eikôs mythos in Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus, Marije Martijn12. Pathways to purification: the cathartic virtues in the Neoplatonic commentary tradition, Dirk Baltzly13. The transformation of Plato and Aristotle, Richard Sorabji14. The harmony of Plato and Aristotle according to Neoplatonism, Lloyd P. Gerson15. Reading Proclus Diadochus in Byzantium, Ken ParryBibliographyIndicesIndex LocorumIndex of Ancient NamesIndex of Modern NamesIndex of Selected Topics