Bibliograph

Plato, Symposium, Plato ; edited by K. J. Dover

Type

Label

Plato, Symposium, Plato ; edited by K. J. Dover

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plato

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1124679897

Responsibility statement

Plato ; edited by K. J. Dover

Series statement

Cambridge Greek and Latin classicsCambridge University Press - Higher Education Textbooks

Sub title

Symposium

Summary

Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read whether or not they are studying Plato's philosophy. But the reader does need help in appreciating both the artistry and the arguments, and in comprehending the social and cultural background against which the 'praise of love' is delivered. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue. It consists of an introduction, the Greek text accompanied by a very abbreviated critical apparatus, and a commentary on the text which is intended to elucidate the Greek, to make the philosophical argument intelligible, and to relate the content of what is said to the concepts and assumptions of contemporary morality and society. An edition for students of Greek in universities and the upper forms of schools.--, Provided by publisher

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