Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works.
Also included are concise introductions by Cooper and Hutchinson to each translation, meticulous annotation designed to serve both scholar and general reader, and a comprehensive index.
Contents
Introduction
Editorial Notes
Acknowledgments
Euthyphro G.M.A. Grube
Apology G.M.A. Grube
Crito G.M.A. Grube
Phaedo G.M.A. Grube
Cratylus C.D.C. Reeve
Theaetetus M. J. Levett, rev. Myles Burnyeat
Sophist Nicholas P. White
Statesman C. J. Rowe
Parmenides Mary Louise Gill and Paul Ryan
Philebus Dorothea Frede
Symposium Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff
Phaedrus Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff
Alcibiades† D. S. Hutchinson
Second Alcibiades* Anthony Kenny
Hipparchus* Nicholas D. Smith
Rival Lovers* Jeffrey Mitscherling
Theages* Nicholas D. Smith
Charmides Rosamond Kent Sprague
Laches Rosamond Kent Sprague
Lysis Stanley Lombardo
Euthydemus Rosamond Kent Sprague
Protagoras Stanley Lombardo and Karen Bell
Gorgias Donald J. Zeyl
Meno G.M.A. Grube
Greater Hippias† Paul Woodruff
Lesser Hippias Nicholas D. Smith
Ion Paul Woodruff
Menexenus Paul Ryan
Clitophon† Francisco J. Gonzalez
Republic G.M.A. Grube, rev. C.D.C. Reeve
Timaeus Donald J. Zeyl
Critias Diskin Clay
Minos* Malcolm Schofield
Laws Trevor J. Saunders
Epinomis* Richard D. McKirahan, Jr.
Letters‡ Glenn R. Morrow
Definitions* D. S. Hutchinson
On Justice* Andrew S. Becker
On Virtue* Mark Reuter
Demodocus* Jonathan Barnes
Sisyphus* David Gallop
Halcyon* Brad Inwood
Eryxias* Mark Joyal
Axiochus* Jackson P. Hershbell
Epigrams‡ J. M. Edmonds, rev. John M. Cooper
Index
All Comments