
Crito
Crito
Plato(Author)
C.J.Emlyn- Jones(Editor)
Bristol Classical Press
Published on 24. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-1-85399-469-2 (ISBN)
Description
Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? Socrates' controversial answer in "Crito" has generated much contemporary literature, but no English commentary of the Greek text for seventy-five years. This new edition aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis suitable for a wide range of readers, including those with post-beginners Greek. It represents an ideal introduction, not only to the social and philosophical world of Classical Greece, but also to the personality of one of its greatest thinkers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
160 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-469-2 (9781853994692)
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Persons
Chris Emlyn-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK, and produces distance learning multi-media undergraduate courses in Greek and Roman Cutlure. His publications include Plato: Euthyphro (1991) and Homer: Reading and Images (1992).
Content
Preface
Notes
Introduction
Text
Commentary
Bibliography
Vocabulary