Symposium of Plato [Πλατωνοσ Συμποσιον]

Bibliographic Information

Symposium of Plato = [Πλατωνοσ Συμποσιον]

translated by Tom Griffith ; engraved by Peter Forster

University of California Press, 1989

  • : alk. paper
  • : pbk

Other Title

Symposium

Συμποσιον

Platōnos Symposion

Uniform Title

Symposium

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Note

Greek text and English translation on facing pages

Reprint. Originally published: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Libanus Press, 1986

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A superb example of the bookmaker's and translator's art, this new edition of Plato's Symposium exhibits aesthetic, literary, and intellectual excellences rarely found together in a single volume. Tom Griffith's translation of this foundation work of Western culture is unsurpassed for the balance it achieves between readability and fidelity to Plato's Greek. For felicity of phrasing, freshness, care to match the sense of the Greek rather than its wording, and for its idiomatic rendering of the spoken word, it has no peer. Originally published in a limited edition with facing Greek and color wood engravings, Griffith's translation is here presented in reduced format that retains the aesthetic quality of the original version at an affordable price.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA07661809
  • ISBN
    • 0520066944
    • 0520066952
  • LCCN
    89004878
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    grc
  • Place of Publication
    Berkeley
  • Pages/Volumes
    [139] p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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