Great to see this Name/Title being established. “Myth of Er” at least could be a 430 cross reference?! Furthermore, if the material being cataloged should include some discussion of sources or accounts beyond Plato’s version of Er, it would seem necessary that the name Er be established in the NAF as well (as a mythological or legendary figure). The name itself can be found, among other reference works, in Der Neue Pauly/Brill’s New Pauly.
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Thanks, Michael. You’ve persuaded me. That’s what we’ll go with.
Best,
Stephen
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I don’t see a reply yet to your question, so I would like to share some thoughts.
In the case of Plato’s cave, you are dealing with a concept, it would seem, not a specific passage in Plato, which is why it was established as a subject. In your case, you have a specific passage in Plato, and so your options would seem to be Plato. ǂt Republic. ǂn Book 10, lines 614-621 or Plato. $t Myth of Er, with a cross reference in the authority record to the form not chosen. I am not sure which would be best in this case, but whichever you choose, it should still go in the NAF, I think.
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Dear list readers,
We have “Plato's Republic: the myth of Er” to catalog .
Wikipedia says of the myth
The Myth of Er is a legend that concludes Plato<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Plato&d=DwMGaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=aK1gvC3Rf2oDooDSUQaPt6UiEGTPgQpU6cj8WbFFaiI&m=1igT3HmOCiQfP9Q4vTMg3zlOoKzZDlEvBZcylX0lFrk&s=pFgTd4pLjAqaczFDuoDfCSaOSaLgXzebYdv-hXGbIOY&e=>'s Republic<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_The-5FRepublic-5F-28Plato-29&d=DwMGaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=aK1gvC3Rf2oDooDSUQaPt6UiEGTPgQpU6cj8WbFFaiI&m=1igT3HmOCiQfP9Q4vTMg3zlOoKzZDlEvBZcylX0lFrk&s=Vi2hjK5HFHxE8xzW0sBkhQ5W4rB-XG6qhLI5KZGyK2I&e=> (10.614–10.621). The story includes an account of the
cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for many centuries.
For subject access, is the better approach to treat it as a portion of text and (on the lines of eg. no2013118439),
set it up as Plato. ǂt Republic. ǂn Book 10, lines 614-621
or, on the other hand, is it closer to this below and should we be submitting it as an LCSH proposal?
010 sh 85103329
040 DLC ǂb eng ǂc DLC ǂd DLC
053 0B398.C34
150 Plato's cave (Allegory)
450 Allegory of the cave
450 Cave (Allegory)
450 Myth of the cave (Allegory)
550 Allegories ǂw g
Thanks for any insights.
Stephen Arnold.
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