PEITHO / EXAMINA ANTIQUA 1 ( 5 ) / 2014 Symbolic Poetry, Inspired Myths and Salvi ic Funct ion of Allegoresis in Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic MIKOŁAJ DOMARADZKI / Poznań / τὰ γὰρ σύμβολα τούτων, ὧν ἐστι σύμβολα, μιμήματα οὐκ ἔστιν. Procl. In rem I 198, 15–16 οἱ μῦθοι τὰ πολὰ διὰ τῶν συμβόλων εἰώθασι τὰ πράγματα ἐνδείκνυσθαι. Procl. In Tim. I 30, 14–15 Proclus’ account of symbol and poetry has for a long time been recognized as highly original and profoundly inluential. 1 While the philosopher’s hermeneutical insights have 1 hus, for example, Cardullo (1985: 20) stresses that “la dottrina del simbolo in Proclo, assume – nelle sue forme piú mature – delle caratteristiche tali da renderla estremamente originale e «suggestiva» di fecondi appro-