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Description: | Ant s. b. l. "James Barry invt"; inscr. in plate b. c. "The conversion of Polemon . . .and succeeded Zenocrates in the school of Plato."; isncr on plate b. r. "Published according to Act of Parliament London April 4. 1778" CRE BARRY, James; (Irish; 1741-1806) State I/IX. Companion to 'Job Reproved by his Friends.' Polemon was a young Athenian debauchee who interrupted the class of Zeoncrates after a drunken night, but was convinced by what he heard to abandon his hedonistic way of life and turn to philosophy. Polemon (314-269) was the third leader of Plato's school, and mainly concerned with Ethics. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ATHENS : LITERATURE : ANCIENT ART : HUNTER 2007 : MORAL PHILOSOPHY : PLATO : DEBAUCHEE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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