From <i>Dialogos</i> to Dialogue: The Use of the Term from Plato to the Second Century CE

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  • Katarzyna Jazdzewska Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

Abstract

In Plato the verb διαλέγεσθαι is far more common than the noun, and both denote question-and-answer discussions; it was only in the Hellenistic period that διάλογος became a genre term, though its other meanings survived.

Author Biography

Katarzyna Jazdzewska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

PhD: Ohio State University (2011)

current position: Assistant Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

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2013-12-16

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