Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato's Menexenus
Role
Harold Parker (Editor)
Jan Maximilian Robitzsch (Editor)
Files
Description
The Menexenus, in spite of the dearth of scholarly attention it has traditionally received compared to other Platonic texts, is an important dialogue for any consideration of Plato's views on political philosophy, history, and rhetoric - to say nothing of the dialogue's contribution to the study of civic ideology and institutions, natural law theory, and Plato's notion of race. Speeches for the Dead unites the contributions of scholars working on diverse aspects of the dialogue, growing out of a one-day workshop on the same subject at the University of Pennsylvania organized by the editors. In offering a variety of perspectives on the Menexenus, the volume is the very first of its kind in any language. In addition, the volume contains an up-to-date bibliography of scholarship in English, French, German, and Italian. This makes the book a definitive guide and ideal starting point for advanced students and scholars looking for further information about the dialogue.
ISBN
978-3110570731
Publication Date
7-23-2018
Publisher
De Gruyter
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Fiction
Recommended Citation
Parker, Harold and Robitzsch, Jan Maximilian, "Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato's Menexenus" (2018). Faculty Book Gallery. 390.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/390