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An edition of Plato's Symposium for students of Greek in universities and the upper forms of schools.
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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.
Review Quotes
1. 'This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.' J.A.C.T. Bulletin
2. '... 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
3. '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
4. '� 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
5. '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
6. ?This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.? J.A.C.T. Bulletin
7. ? ? 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
8. ?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
9. ???This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.??? J.A.C.T. Bulletin
10. ??? ??? 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
11. ???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
12. '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"
13. ' 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"
14. '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"
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