XtreamFm Library
Sign in Join free
Genres ▼
Literature 13,891 History 11,469 Adventure 5,075 Romance 2,831 Mythology & Epics 2,550 Devotional 3,636 Poetry 2,480 Mystery & Crime 2,025 Children's 1,997 Drama 1,606 Education 3,726 Philosophy 1,449 Science 1,669 Culture & Travel 1,153 Essays 813 Biography 359 Health 540 Self Improvement 242 Money & Wealth 295 Horror 212 Business 153 54
Languages ▼
Indian languages Hindi2,803 Sanskrit2,158 Kannada1,291 Telugu424 Urdu185 Tamil146 Malayalam89 Odia23 Bodo2 Kashmiri1 Khasi1 More languages English38,728 French3,148 Finnish3,056 German1,815 Italian904 Dutch706 Spanish677 Hungarian600 Portuguese438 Swedish200 Chinese186 Greek165 All 63 languages→

Home › Philosophy › Menexenus

Cover of Menexenus

Menexenus

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato · Benjamin Jowett

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words10,137
LanguageEnglish
ReadingIncluded
Read online → Keep a copy $1
About this book
Plato's *Menexenus* is a Socratic dialogue in which Socrates delivers a funeral oration for Athenian war dead, partly satirizing the conventions of such patriotic speeches and their rhetoric. It suits readers of ancient Greek philosophy and rhetoric, this Jowett translation serving students and general audiences alike.

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher active in the 4th and 5th centuries BCE, who wrote philosophical dialogues. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens and for foundational contributions to Western philosophy, including works on ethics, politics, and metaphysics.

Biography written by AI from public biographical facts.

More by 428? BCE-348? BCE Plato

Browse all →

More in Philosophy

Browse all →