Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds
De (autor): Thomas G. West
Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (three dialogues by Plato: Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy Clouds).
This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues that also includes Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations.
In their translations, the Wests capture successfully the simplicity and vigor of straightforward Greek diction. They strive for as high a degree of accuracy as possible, subordinating concerns for elegance and smoothness to the goal of producing the most faithful and most reliable English versions of these texts. For this new edition, Thomas West has revised the introduction and updated the annotated bibliography, which includes the best of the secondary literature on Socrates and on the texts included in this book.
Autor: Thomas G. West
Editura: Cornell University Press
Categoria: Ancient & Classical
Last Days of Socrates
Great Dialogues of Plato - Plato
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction - CCW Taylor
Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays
The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues - Plato
Symposium and the Death of Socrates
Lysistrata and Other Plays
Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, the Republic - Plato
Conversations of Socrates - Xenophon
Socrates - William J Prior
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology
Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo
Bloomsbury Companion to Plato
Little Book of Philosophy
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics