Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds Revised Edition Contributor(s): West, Thomas G. (Translator), West, Grace Starry (Translator), West, Thomas G. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0801485746 ISBN-13: 9780801485749 Publisher: Cornell University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: This is the only collection of the Platonic dialogues that also includes the Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Greece |
Dewey: 183.2 |
LCCN: 00699877 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.60 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): West, Thomas R.: - Thomas G. West is Paul Ermine Potter and Dawn Tibbetts Potter Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College. |
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