Gorgias. A Revised Text WIth Introduction and Commentary (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Plato; E.R. Dobbs [ed]

ISBN 10: 0198144954 / ISBN 13: 9780198144953

Published by Clarendon Press, 1990

About this Item

Text is in Greek with English commmentary. Minor shelf wear. Owner name and date on fly leaf. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. vii, 406 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gorgias. A Revised Text WIth Introduction and Commentary (Clarendon Paperbacks)
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198144954
• ISBN 13: 9780198144953
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Based on a fresh survey of the work, this revised edition of the late E.R. Dodds's standard edition of Plato's Gorgias includes two major manuscripts, collated here for the first time, and examines new papyri. A full introduction by E.R. Dodds, who was for many years Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, supplements the text, explaining the subject and structure of the dialogue, its characters and historical setting, the real date of composition, and background to Plato and Athens at the time of composition.

About the Author

Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC) was an immensely influential ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens where Aristotle studied. E. R. Dodds was a former Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University, 1936 to 1960.