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Alcibiades by Plato (Cambridge Greek and Latin classics)

The Hippias major by Plato

Cratylus by Plato

The Cratylus has always been a source of perplexity to the student of Plato. While in fancy and humour, and …

Plato: Charmides, Alcibiades 1 & 2, Hipparchus, The Lovers, Theages, Minos, Epinomis. (Loeb Classical Library No. 201) by Plato

Plato's Symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century BC, is set at a drinking party (symposium) attended …

Protagoras by Plato

[Edit: sorry all, but the last summary was really lame. Admins, please use something better - here's my best shot.] …

Sophist (Dodo Press) by Plato

Timaeus by Plato

Theaetetus by Plato

Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined …

Crito by Plato

Meno by Plato

"Plato's Meno and Phaedo are two of the most important works of ancient western philosophy and continue to be studied …

Five dialogues by None None, Plato

Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato …

Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

Invisible cities by Italo Calvino (Harvest/HBJ book)

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but …

Gorgias (Dodo Press) by Plato

In several of the dialogues of Plato, doubts have arisen among his interpreters as to which of the various subjects …

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingly back to …