A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 1 (of 3), Classical and mediæval criticism

Chapter II: Greek Criticism Before Aristotle

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Earliest criticism of the Greeks 9
Probably Homeric in subject 9
Probably allegoric in method 10
Xenophanes 12
Parmenides 13
Empedocles 13
Democritus 15
The Sophists—earlier 15
The Sophists—later 17

Plato 17
His crotchets 18
His compensations 19
Aristophanes 21
The _Frogs_ 22
Other criticism in Comedy 23
Simylus (?) 25
Isocrates 26

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