Symposium - Plato

In his celebrated masterpiece Symposium Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests - including the comic poet Aristophanes and of course Plato's mentor Socrates - each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness. And then into the party bursts the drunken Alcibiades the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time who insists on praising Socrates himself rather than love and gives us a brilliant sketch of this enigmatic character. The power humour and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page. This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.

TITLE: Symposium

AUTHOR: Plato

SKU: 9780199540198

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press

DATE PUBLISHED: 11/09/2008

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 160

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 196 mm x 10 mm

WEIGHT: 125 gr