id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
expositions-2225	none	Socrates’ Homer in the Republic: Retaining the Poetic Past and Preparing for the Philosophic Future	2017	22	.pdf	application/pdf	8239	501	67	Another instance when Socrates modifies Homer poetry for his own philosophical aims is when he approves of Homer’s characterization of Diomedes, who says: Friend, be quiet and attend to my words And what follows: The first references to Homer in the Republic confirm the poet’s commanding civilizational influence on the Hellenes when both Socrates and Adeimantus speak of Homer in the context of what people have learned from him.	cache/expositions-2225.pdf	txt/expositions-2225.txt