Abstract

SPINASSI, Miguel Ángel. In the common precinct dedicated to Apollo and Helios (Plato, Lg., 945 b-948 b). Nova tellus [online]. 2021, vol.39, n.2, pp.73-92.  Epub Oct 04, 2021. ISSN 0185-3058.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.nt.2021.39.2.891.

In Laws, 945 b-948 b, Plato introduces the figure of eúthӯnoi or “inspectors” relating them directly to the common cult of Helios and Apollo. In doing so, I argue Plato has intended to connect both Republic and Laws through the Idea of Good. So the divine couple Helios-Apollo would be an author’s wink to his immediate readers, the Academy members, so that they can perceive there a veiled allusion to the most important object of learning: Good (Helios or the Sun), to whom Plato, according to some indirect testimonies, would have identified with “the One” (Apollo). Thus, the old writer of the Laws would keep on showing a genuine interest in Philosophy as an inescapable background in legal matters and the essential basis for his legislation.

Keywords : Laws; eúthӯnoi; Helios; Apollo; Good; One.