The Symposium - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140440240 ISBN 13: 9780140440249

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1973

Synopsis

Physical description; 121, [1] p. ; 18 cm. Series; Penguin classics ; 24. Subjects; Socrates. Love - Early works to 1800.

About this title

Review:

'This commentary ... does three things superbly. It explains Plato's Greek punctiliously, especially the less familiar constructions, particles, and words that are often loosely or wrongly translated. With a razor's sharpness it cuts through sloppy or faulty logic in Plato's Greek. And it provides the necessary background material, whether historical, literary, sexual, or social.' Greece & Rome

' ... few books can have given in three pages so informative and at the same time so provocative an account of Plato's philosophy.' The Times Educational Supplement

'This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.' J.A.C.T. Bulletin

Book Description:

Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140440240
• ISBN 13: 9780140440249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128