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Description. Presented in the popular Cambridge Texts format are three early Platonic dialogues in a new English translation by Tom Griffith that combines elegance, accuracy, freshness and fluency. Together they offer strikingly varied examples of Plato's critical encounter with the culture and politics of fifth and fourth century Athens.
- Tom Griffith
- 2009
Aug 9, 2010 · Plato, Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras, Malcolm Schofield (ed.), Tom Griffith (tr.), Cambridge UP, 2010, xliv+214pp., $29.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780521546003. Reviewed by C.C.W. Taylor, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
The Menexenus ( / məˈnɛksənəs /; Greek: Μενέξενος) is a Socratic dialogue of Plato, traditionally included in the seventh tetralogy along with the Greater and Lesser Hippias and the Ion. The speakers are Socrates and Menexenus, who is not to be confused with Socrates' son Menexenus.
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The Gorgias and the Protagoras. The Protagoras and the Gorgias are not only the longest, but by general agreement the most important among Plato's ‘Socratic’ dialogues (the quixotic Menexenus – on which more later – is another matter).
Nov 19, 2009 · Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras. Presented in the popular Cambridge Texts format are three early Platonic dialogues in a new English translation by Tom Griffith that combines...
- Malcolm Schofield
- Tom Griffith
- Cambridge University Press, 2009
Gorgias ( / ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering.
Dec 29, 2009 · The Gorgias is a long and impassioned confrontation between Socrates and a succession of increasingly heated interlocutors about political rhetoric as an instrument of political power. The short Menexenus contains a pastiche of celebratory public oratory, illustrating its self-delusions.
