Features:
* ALL of the dialogues, with excellent formatting
* ALL of the spurious works in English translation, including texts often missed out of other collections
* individual contents tables for the longer dialogues, enabling you to navigate the texts with ease
* concise introductions for all of the works, giving valuable contextual information
* includes Plato’s epigrams and epistles
* many of the translations have also appeared in the famous Loeb Classical Library editions of Plato
* features translations by Benjamin Jowett
* special Greek pronunciation pages – experience the true sound of Plato’s 2500 year-old wisdom!
* numerous images relating to Plato, his works and the places he lived in
* even includes a special criticism section, with scholarly works assessing Plato’s contribution to the philosophical world
* boasts three biographies by classical writers – explore Plato’s adventurous life!
* includes Diogenes Laërtius’ famous biography
* scholarly ordering of texts, with a front no-nonsense master table of contents
* UPDATED with improved texts and translations
CONTENTS:
The Dialogues
EUTHYPHRO
APOLOGY
CRITO
HIPPIAS MAJOR
HIPPIAS MINOR
FIRST ALCIBIADES
CHARMIDES
LACHES
LYSIS
ION
PHAEDO
CRATYLUS
EUTHYDEMUS
PROTAGORAS
GORGIAS
MENO
MENEXENUS
SYMPOSIUM
THE REPUBLIC
PHAEDRUS
PARMENIDES
THEAETETUS
CLITOPHON
TIMAEUS
CRITIAS
SOPHIST
STATESMAN
PHILEBUS
LAWS
The Spurious Works
SECOND ALCIBIADES
HIPPARCHUS
THE RIVAL LOVERS
THEAGES
MINOS
EPINOMIS
SISYPHUS
AXIOCHUS
DEMODOCUS
ERYXIAS
HALCYON
ON JUSTICE
ON VIRTUE
DEFINITIONS
EPIGRAMS
The Epistles
LIST OF EPISTLES
The Greek Texts
PRONOUNCING ANCIENT GREEK
LIST OF GREEK TEXTS
The Criticism
PLATO AND PLATONISM by Walter Horatio Pater
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY AND WRITINGS OF PLATO by Thomas Taylor
Extract from ‘REPRESENTATIVE MEN’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
PLATO: LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS by Elbert Hubbard
The Biographies
PLATO: LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS by Diogenes Laërtius
THE LIFE OF PLATO by Hesychius of Miletus
THE LIFE OF PLATO by Olympiodorus
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Thucydides’ life and works
* Features Benjamin Jowett’s scholarly translation and the original Greek text
* Concise introduction to the text
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes a special Dual Text feature, with paragraph by paragraph access to the Greek and English translation – ideal for students of Classical Greek
* Also includes Xenophon’s seven book continuation: HELLENICA, allowing you to finish reading Thucydides’ unfinished work
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Thucydides’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: some EReader software programs cannot display Greek characters correctly, however they do display correctly on EReader devices.
CONTENTS:
The Translations
THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
XENOPHON’S HELLENICA
The Greek Text
PRONOUNCING ANCIENT GREEK
CONTENTS OF GREEK TEXT
Dual Text
DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biographies
INTRODUCTION TO THUCYDIDES by Charles Forster Smith
THUCYDIDES by T. W. Lumb