Product Information
This paperback edition of Dodds's standard edition of Plato's Gorgias is designed to meet the needs both of undergraduates and professional scholars. The text and apparatus criticus are based on a fresh survey of the evidence: two major manuscripts are here for the first time fully collated, and account has been taken both of new papyri and of the exceptionally rich indirect tradition. The text is supplemented by a full introduction giving details on the subject and structure of the dialogue, its characters and intended historical setting, the real date of composition, and the background to Plato and Athens at the time of composition. The commentary, besides explaining Platonic usages and discussing textual points, aims to treat the historical, philosphical, and literary questions which arise from the text.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780198144953
eBay Product ID (ePID)89117497
Product Key Features
Book TitleGorgias: a Revised Text, with Introduction and Commentary
Book SeriesClarendon Paperbacks
Publication Year1990
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorPlato
TopicLiterature, Popular Philosophy, Literary Theory
Number of Pages414 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight539 g
Additional Product Features
EditorE. R. Dodds
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom