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“Thought in wood and stone”. The ideal city in the Kazantzakis’ Odyssey and the tradition of ancient greek utopism

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No. 40 (2021)

Abstract

The ancient utopian tradition is very vast. It begins with Homer and the island of the Phaeacians and Hesiod and the golden age. Follow with archaic poets, like Pindar. It even passes by comic poets. But with Socrates it becomes a central problem of philosophy: finding a way to build a just and happy society. Fundamental in ancient utopism is Plato’s Republic. To Platonic utopism, Kazantzakis’ Odyssey pays tribute: it contemplates the abolition of the family and private property; set free love. It conceives the legislator as an educator of the people. With Plato, with the work of Moro, with those of Yevgeni Zamiatin, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury George Orwell, Kazantzakis in the Odyssey he contracted undeniable debts; also with its time and place.

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Utopism, Kazantzakis’ Odyssey, Ancient Utopism, Greek Philosophy, Modern Greek Literature

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Mariano Nava Contreras, Universidad de Los Andes

Correspondencia: Mariano Nava Contreras
Email: marianonava@gmail.com
Licenciado en Letras Mención Lenguas y Literaturas Clásicas, Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela.
Doctor en Filología Clásica, Universidad de Granada.
Ap. Postal N° 20. IPOSTEL.Humbolt Mérida 5101 Venezuela
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8156-741X

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Nava Contreras, M. (2021). “Thought in wood and stone”. The ideal city in the Kazantzakis’ Odyssey and the tradition of ancient greek utopism. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (40), pp. 233–253. Retrieved from https://sintesisdejurisprudencia.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/65290
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