Plato

Phaedrus

By: Plato, Harvey Yunis (Editor)

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Ostensibly a discussion about love, the debate in the Phaedrus also encompasses the art of rhetoric and how it should be practised. This new edition contains an introductory essay outlining the argument of the dialogue as a whole and Plato's arguments about rhetoric and eros in particular. The Introduction also considers Plato's style and offers an account of the reception of the dialogue from its composition to the twentieth century. A new Greek text of the dialogue is accompanied by a select textual apparatus. The greater part of the book consists of a Commentary, which elucidates the text and makes clear how Plato achieves his philosophical and literary objectives. Primarily intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of ancient Greek literature and philosophy, it will also benefit scholars who want an up-to-date account of how to understand the text, argument, style and background of the work.

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Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. x
Approximate route of Socrates and Phaedrus	p. xii
Athens	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Approaching the Phaedrus	p. 1
Design, complexity, and the plot	p. 2
Phaedrus, Lysias, and the dramatic date	p. 7
The art of psychagogic rhetoric	p. 10
Eros	p. 14
Plato's lively style	p. 18
The Phaedrus' date of composition and place in the Platonic corpus	p. 22
Reception	p. 25
The text and apparatus in this edition	p. 30
	p. 35
Commentary	p. 85
Appendix: Synopsis of the Phaedrus	p. 250
Bibliography	p. 252
Indexes
Greek words	p. 266
General	p. 267
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