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Menexenus

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato · Benjamin Jowett

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words10,137
LanguageEnglish
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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.

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