Menexenus

by Plato

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Title Statements

Full title :Menexenus / Plato ; edited by David Sansone, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Summary

"Plato challenges his readers by depicting an elderly Socrates as an enthusiastic student of rhetoric who has learned from his teacher Aspasia to recite an inspiring funeral oration, an oration that conspicuously refers to events occurring after the deaths of Socrates and Aspasia, an oration that Aspasia, as a woman and a non-Athenian, was not eligible to deliver over the Athenians who died in war. This commentary, the first in English in over 100 years, assists the modern reader in confronting Plato's challenge. The Introduction sets the dialogue in the context of the traditional Athenian funeral oration and of Plato's ongoing critique of contemporary rhetoric. The Commentary, which is well suited to the needs and interests of intermediate students of Classical Greek, provides guidance on grammatical and historical matters, while allowing the student to appreciate Plato's mastery of Greek prose style and critique of democratic ideology."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 193 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108499408, 1108499406, 9781108730563, 1108730566
oclc:on1154423462
LC Classification:PA4279
Dewey Decimal:184

Note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1.The Athenian State Funeral -- 2.The epitaphios logos -- a.Pericles -- b.Gorgias -- c.Lysias -- d.Demosthenes -- e.Hyperides -- 3.The Menexenus of Plato -- a.Authorship -- b.Date, Anachronisms -- c.Plato and Rhetoric -- i.Gorgias -- ii.Euthydemus -- iii.Phaedrus -- d.Personages of the Dialogue -- i.Socrates -- ii.Menexenus -- iii.Aspasia -- iv.Others -- e.Survival and Influence -- i.The Manuscripts -- ii.The Indirect Tradition and Afterlife -- Note on the presentation of the text -- PLATONOS MENEXENOS -- Commentary.

Subjects

Funeral orations Funeral sermons Menexenus (Plato) Plato Rhetoric -- Philosophy Rhetoric, Ancient Rhétorique ancienne Sermons pour les funérailles Socrates