| Xenophon: Symposium First Published Edition Contributor(s): Bowen, A. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0856686824 ISBN-13: 9780856686825 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $38.12 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society that makes it a document of prime historical importance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - History | Ancient - Greece - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) |
| Dewey: 183.2 |
| LCCN: 99222264 |
| Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.32" W x 8.38" (0.57 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society that makes it a document of prime historical importance. |