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Symposium

PlatoWaterfield, Robin(Contributions by)Waterfield, Robin(Contributions by)
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In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests include the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates.

The power, humour, and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page.

This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.

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Product Details
Oxford Paperbacks
0192834274 / 9780192834270
Paperback / softback
184
01/06/1998
United Kingdom
English
xlvi, 89 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. This translation originally published: 1994.