
Plato's Protagoras
Translation, Commentary, and Appendices
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on 16. May 2010
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-4422-0133-0 (ISBN)
Description
Protagoras is one of Plato's most delightfully comic and playful dialogues, and is also one of his most important. This new edition of Plato's Protagoras provides a rigorously clear and accurate translation that communicates Plato's puns, metaphors, figures of speech, and other verbal techniques naturally; allowing scholars to feel the full scope of Plato's rhetoric. Translators James Arieti and Roger Barrus confront and discuss the critical linguistic choices made in rendering difficult or obscure terms into an easily readable and understandable rendition. They also include an historical overview of the intellectual milieu of fifth-century B.C.E. Athens, careful biographies of the dialogues major characters, notes that discuss the major issues, citations of the literary and philosophical parallels, and call attention to rhetorical tactics. In addition, Arieti and Barrus provide appendices on the challenges of translating Plato's Greek into English, the diverse modern interpretations of the ode by Simonides that Socrates and Protagoras lampoon, the relationship of the dialogue to Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations, and a glossary elucidating many of the key words in the dialogue.
Reviews / Votes
Both a literary gem and a work of considerable importance for students of philosophy and intellectual history. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
387 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-0133-0 (9781442201330)
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Plato's Protagoras
Translation, Commentary, and Appendices
E-Book
05/2010
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Plato's Protagoras
Translation, Commentary, and Appendices
E-Book
05/2010
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€107.99
Available for download
Persons
James A. Arieti is the Thompson Professor of Classics, Hampden-Sydney College Roger M. Barrus is the Elliott Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, Hampden-Sydney College
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Protagoras: The Translation
Chapter 3 Appendix A: Callias' House
Chapter 4 Appendix B: On Translating Plato
Chapter 5 Appendix C: Simonides PSM 542
Chapter 6 Appendix D: Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations and Plato's Protagoras
Chapter 7 Glossary
Chapter 8 Index
Chapter 2 Protagoras: The Translation
Chapter 3 Appendix A: Callias' House
Chapter 4 Appendix B: On Translating Plato
Chapter 5 Appendix C: Simonides PSM 542
Chapter 6 Appendix D: Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations and Plato's Protagoras
Chapter 7 Glossary
Chapter 8 Index