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Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. Purchase a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com
[235e] Menexenus And do you think that you yourself would be able to make the speech, if required and if the Council were to select you? Socrates That I should be able to make the speech would be nothing wonderful, Menexenus; for she who is my instructor is by no means weak in the art of rhetoric; on the contrary, she has turned out many fine orators, and amongst them one who surpassed all ...
The Menexenus: Plato’s Critique of Political Rhetoric O ne of the characteristic features of Attic oratory is thefrequent appeal to the historical example as a means of winning over the audience to the speaker’s point of view. Because the chief motivation for its use is persuasion,1 the orators tend to render events according to popular tradi-
Aug 4, 2021 · Ten of Plato's most important and influential dialogues in one collection. In one, beautifully laid-out volume, a collection of Plato's Middle Platonic Dialogues, including ten dialogues normally assigned by scholars to his "middle" period. Included in this volume: Cratylus; Euthydemus; Menexenus; Meno; Parmenides; Phaedo; Phaedrus; Republic ...
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Menexenus city, and to honour their pledges, they sailed to those regions; but inasmuch as our city was in a helpless position and unable to reinforce them owing to the length of the voyage, fortune was against them and they renounced their design; yet for their prudence and their valour they have received more praise from their foes of the ...
