{"product_id":"plato-symposium-9780521295239","title":"Plato Symposium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This commentary … does three things superbly. It explains Plato's Greek punctiliously, especially the less familiar constructions, particles, and words that are often loosely or wrongly translated. With a razor's sharpness it cuts through sloppy or faulty logic in Plato's Greek. And it provides the necessary background material, whether historical, literary, sexual, or social.' Greece \u0026amp; Rome\u003cbr\u003e' … few books can have given in three pages so informative and at the same time so provocative an account of Plato's philosophy.' The Times Educational Supplement\u003cbr\u003e'This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.' J.A.C.T. Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; Abbreviations; Introduction: 1. Eros; 2. Homosexuality; 3. Philosophy; 4. Historical basis; 5. Date of composition; 6. Symposia; 7. Encomia; 8. Textual transmission; 9. Bibliography; The Symposium; Commentary; Indexes to the introduction and commentary; Appendix 1. Disagreements with Burnet's edition; Appendix 2. Proper names; Appendix 3. Greek words; Appendix 4. General.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018258022743,"sku":"9780521295239","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521295239.jpg?v=1750776201","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plato-symposium-9780521295239","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}