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Author Plato
Manufacturer Oxford University Press, USA
PublicationDate 2009-01-15

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In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a brilliant sketch of Socrates himself by a drunken Alcibiades, the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time. Engaging the reader on every page, this new translation conveys the power, humor, and pathos of Plato's creation and is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author Plato
Binding Paperback
Creator Robin Waterfield
EAN 9780199540198
Edition 1
ISBN 0199540195
Label Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer Oxford University Press, USA
NumberOfItems 1
NumberOfPages 160
ProductGroup Book
PublicationDate 2009-01-15
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
SKU ACOMMP2_book_usedverygood_0199540195
Studio Oxford University Press, USA
Title Symposium (Oxford World's Classics)
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