Plato's Symposium : issues in interpretation and reception / edited by J.H. Lesher, Debra Nails, and Frisbee C.C. Sheffield.

Other author Lesher, J. H. (James H.)
Other author Nails, Debra, 1950-
Other author Sheffield, Frisbee C. C. (Frisbee Candida Cheyenne)
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesHellenic studies ; 22
Hellenic studies ; 22. ^A584134
Contents The symposium as a Socratic dialogue / Christopher Rowe -- The role of the earlier speeches in the Symposium : Plato's endoxic method? / Frisbee C. C. Sheffield -- A platonic reading of Plato's Symposium / Lloyd P. Gerson -- Medicine, magic, and religion in Plato's Symposium / Mark L. McPherran -- Permanent beauty and becoming happy in Plato's Symposium / Gabriel Richardson Lear -- A study in violets : alcibiades in the Symposium / C.D.C. Reeve -- Where is Socrates on the "ladder of love"? / Ruby Blondell -- Tragedy off-stage / Debra Nails -- The virtues of platonic love / Gabriela Roxana Carone -- Agathon, Pausanias, and Diotima in Plato's Symposium : Paiderastia and Philosophia / Luc Brisson -- Female imagery in Plato / Angela Hobbs -- Plato in the courtroom: the surprising influence of the Symposium on legal theory / Jeffrey Carnes -- Plato's Symposium and the traditions of ancient fiction / Richard Hunter -- Some notable afterimages of Plato's Symposium / J.H. Lesher -- The hangover of Plato's Symposium in the Italian Renaissance from Bruni (1435) to Castiglione (1528) / Diskin Clay -- Platonic selves in Shelley and Stevens / David K. O'Connor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 378-398) and indexes.
LCCN 2006037295
ISBN0674023757
ISBN9780674023758

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Joyner General Stacks B385 .P58 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold