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Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: The Silent Stream
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Hardcover
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from Cambridge Univ Pr (March 19, 2012)
9781107012929 | details & prices | 279 pages | 6.10 × 9.10 × 0.75 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $99.99
About: Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates' defence, Plato's rich style and the criticisms it attracted and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their richly comic texts.
Paperback
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from Cambridge Univ Pr (January 1, 2015)
9781107470743 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $34.99
About: Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates' defence, Plato's rich style and the criticisms it attracted and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their richly comic texts.