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Phaedrus

Name: Phaedrus
Author: Plato

Work by Plato

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Also known as Plat. Phaedrus

Author: Plato
Released: 370 BCE
Language: Ancient Greek
Genre: Socratic dialogue

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The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. Although the dialogue appears to be primarily concerned with the topic of love, the discussion also revolves around the art of rhetoric and how it should be practiced, and dwells on subjects as diverse as metempsychosis and erotic love, and the nature of the human soul shown in the famous chariot allegory.

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Title: Φαῖδρος
Characters: Socrates
Named after: Phaedrus
Part of the series: Platonic dialogue
Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Phaedrus used by: Perseus Digital Library
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Time period: ancient history
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Has version, edition or translation: Phaedrus language: Ancient Greek, Latin · released: 1816
Phèdre language: French · released: 1823
Федр language: Russian · released: 1863
Fedro language: Spanish · released: 1871
Φαίδρος language: Ancient Greek · released: 1901
Phèdre language: French · released: 1922
Phèdre language: French · released: 1933
Plato. Phaedrus. English (Jowett) language: English · translator: Benjamin Jowett
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Phaedrus released: December 27, 2005 · publisher: Penguin Classics · distribution format: paperback
Place of publication: Ancient Greece

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