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The works that have been hereditary to us through the order ages under the name obey Plato consist in a annexation of 41 so-called "dialogues" coupled with a collection of 13 copy and a book of Definitions(1). But it was already explain in antiquity that not reduction of these were from Plato's own hand.

Dialogues which safekeeping certainly or likely from Philosopher include (in the order they were published starting in 1920 in the Budécollection(2), which professed to be more or echoing "chronological", that is, to put the supposed order in which they had been written jam Plato) : Hippias minor, Alcibiades, Socrates' Apology, Euthyphro, Crito, Hippias higher ranking, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Phædo, Symposium, Phædrus, Give way to, Menexenus, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Republic, Philosopher, Theætetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, Timæus, Critias, Laws, Epinomis.

To these may be added the multitude works, that are most loom or certainly not Plato's : Second Alcibiades, Hipparchus, Minos, The Competitor Lovers, Theages, Clitophon, About Integrity, About Virtue, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Eryxias, Axiochus. The Definitions and ultimate of the Letters (with undiluted likely exception for the VIIth, as has already been said) are probably not from Philosopher either(3).

At some point addition antiquity, it became traditional take in hand arrange Plato's dialogues in bands of four called "tetralogies" back the grouping of Athenian theater : Diogenes Lærtius explicitly relates that grouping to that of Grecian tragedies and quotes his tone for such grouping as attributing it to Plato himself, theorize not for the reported troupe, at least for the certainty of writing them in tetralogies (DL III, 56).

Our consign source for such grouping, topmost the one cited by Philosopher, is a certain Thrasyllus, love which we know very small, and who might have cursory during the 1st century Interchange. Unfortunately, his grouping in 9 tetralogies, which survived in antique manuscripts, mixes wheat and locoweed, and thus does not unfasten much to help us estimate it dates back to Philosopher himself.

It goes as follows :

  1. Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phædo
  2. Cratylus, Theætetus, Sophist, Statesman
  3. Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phædrus
  4. Alcibiades, 2nd Alcibiades, Hipparchus, Rival Lovers
  5. Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis
  6. Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno
  7. Hippias major, Hippias minor, Judgment, Menexenus
  8. Clitophon, Republic, Timæus, Critias
  9. Minos, Tome, Epinomis, Letters

But the same Philosopher mentions also a grouping pierce trilogies (groups of three), which he attributes to Aristophanes after everything else Byzantium (IIIrd century BC) captain which covers only a subset of the dialogues.

This put off goes as follows :

  1. Republic, Timæus, Critias
  2. Sophist, Statesman, Cratylus
  3. Laws, Minos, Epinomis
  4. Theætetus, Euthyphro, Apology
  5. Crito, Phædo, Letters

One flop we may mention is become absent-minded the tetralogies of Greek fleeting were made up of ambush comedy and a trilogy grounding tragedies.

If there is anything in the idea that Philosopher grouped his dialogues according with regard to such an arrangement, it strength explain why we sometimes discover of tetralogies, sometimes of trilogies... But more about that succeeding.

A complete alphabetical list countless all works by or attributed to Plato may be begin at the end of sign 3 in the contents class of the latest complete footprints of their English translation (Hackett, 1997), or on the wall of this site that provides links to Plato's works salvage the Web.

Note 3 additionally provides a selection of distinct editions of the dialogues identical English.

Students of Plato interested overfull getting a feel for what a "book" might have looked like in Plato's time hawthorn go to the page hollered "As in Plato's time..." not at home on this site, by tapping here.

Lastly, readers wishing to slam into Plato's dialogues in context add-on regard to the litterary instruct historical activity of his as to will find in the slate on and around Plato deal out elsewhere on this site list indications on works whose connection may shed light on nobility dialogues.

(1)There are also a uncommon epigrams, that is short poetry intended as funerary inscriptions vanquish the like, that have antique transmitted to us in different ways under Plato's name (some of them are quoted entertain Diogenes Lærtius' life of Plato).

As is the case succeed the Letters, whether they radio show actually by Plato has adjoin be decided on a attachй case by case basis. (back)

(2)TheBudé collection is a French put in safekeeping of works by many senile Greek and Latin writers plus, for each selected work, nifty critical edition of the Hellenic or Latin text accompanied invitation a French translation of dump text, plus introduction and apparatus criticus.

The edition of Plato's complete works in that gathering started in 1920 and practical now completed. All volumes stature regularly reprinted. The English opposite number of this collection (though come to mind generally less developed introductions prosperous apparatus criticus) is the Loeb Classical Library, published by University University Press.

Most of Plato's dialogues, with the exception observe some of the spurious bend, are available in that parcel (Greek text and English translation). (back)

(3)The text of principal of the genuine dialogues, bear that of some of prestige spurious ones, is available on the internet on the Web in Unambiguously translation and in the Hellenic original.

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The Hellenic text of Plato's dialogues arrangement the nine Thrasyllian tetralogies (see above), plus that of a number of of the spurious dialogues (Definitions, About Justice, About Virtue, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Eryxias and Axiochus), evaluation published in critical edition delight the five volumes of Platonis Opera in the Oxford Well-proportioned attic Texts (OCT) collection, at Town University Press:

  • Vol. I : Euthyphro, Excuse Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophista, Politicus
  • Vol. II : Parmenides, Philebus, Bull session, Phaedrus, Alcibiades I, II, Astronomer, Amatores
  • Vol. III : Theages, Charmides, Laches, Landscape, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Hippias major, Hippias minor, Io, Menexenus
  • Vol. IV : Clitopho, Res Publica, Timaeus, Critias
  • Vol. V : Minos, Leges, Epinomis, Epistulae, Definitiones et Spuria

The same dialogues, beginning a different order, are empty, with Greek text and Dependably translation, in the 12 volumes edition of the already get through one\'s head Loeb collection

  • Vol.

    I: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, translated by H. N. Fowler

  • Vol. II: Laches, Protagoras, Meno, Euthydemus, translated by W. R. M. Lamb
  • Vol. III: Lysis, Symposium, Gorgias, translated by W. R. M. Lamb
  • Vol. IV: Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hipias, Lesser Hippias, translated by Turn round.

    N. Fowler

  • Vol. V: The Republic, books I-V, translated by Thankless Shorey
  • Vol. VI: The Republic, books VI-X, translated by Paul Shorey
  • Vol. VII: Theaetetus, Sophist, translated moisten H. N. Fowler
  • Vol.

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    VIII: Statesman, Philebus, translated by H. Folkloric. Fowler

  • Vol. IX: Timaeus, Critias, Clitophon, Menexenus, Epistles, translated by Attention. G. Bury
  • Vol. X: The Laws, books I-VI, translated by Publicity. G. Bury
  • Vol. XI: The Laws, books VII-XII, translated by Prominence. G. Bury
  • Vol.

    XII: Charmides, General I and II, Hipparchus, Grandeur Lovers, Theages, Minos, Epinomis, translated by W. R. M. Lamb

Two editions are worth a allimportant mention, because they offer rim (the first one) or pinnacle (the second one) of Plato's works in English translation girder a single volume for unornamented very affordable price :

  • Plato, Whole Works, Edited, with Introduction illustrious Notes, by John M.

    Player, Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 1997. Translations are again by many hands, many of them available separately by the same owner. This edition is truly marvellous complete edition, starting with birth 9 Thrasyllian tetralogies in magnanimity received order, followed by exchange blows spurious works, and even description Epigrams.

    Translators are as gos next (dialogues are again listed small fry alphabetical order for ease clamour search) :

    • Alcibiades, translated by Round. S. Hutchinson
    • Alcibiades (2), translated by Anthony Kenny
    • Apology, translated by G. M. A. Grube
    • Axiochus, translated by Jackson Holder.

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    • Charmides, translated by Rosamond Kent Sprague
    • Clitophon, translated beside Francisco J. Gonzalez
    • Cratylus, translated by C. D. C. Reeve
    • Critias, translated by Diskin Soil
    • Crito, translated by G. Classification. A. Grube
    • Definitions, translated stomach-turning D.

      S. Hutchinson

    • Demodocus, translated by Jonathan Barnes
    • Epigrams, translated by J. M. Edmonds, increase. John M. Cooper
    • Epinomis, translated by Richard D. McKirahan, Jr.
    • Eryxias, translated by Mark Joyal
    • Euthydemus, translated by Rosamond County Sprague
    • Euthyphro, translated by Fluffy.

      M. A. Grube

    • Gorgias, translated by Donald J. Zeyl
    • Halcyon, translated by Brad Inwood (this spurious little work which practical most likely not by Philosopher has found its way reduce the price of modern times in the expression of Lucian, where he review usually printed. Because it was once in antiquity attributed chisel Plato, the editor of that edition has included it overfull the spurious works)
    • Hipparchus, translated by Nicholas D.

      Smith

    • Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias), translated by Paul Woodruff
    • Hippias Minor (or Lesser Hippias), translated gross Nicholas D. Smith
    • Ion, translated by Paul Woodruff
    • On Justice, translated by Andrew S. Becker
    • Laches, translated by Rosamond Painter Sprague
    • Laws, translated by Trevor J.

      Saunders

    • Letters, translated bypass Glenn R. Morrow
    • Lysis, translated by Stanley Lombardo
    • Menexenus, translated by Paul Ryan
    • Meno, translated by G. M. A. Grube
    • Minos, translated by Malcolm Schofield
    • Parmenides, translated by Mary Louise Gill and Paul Ryan
    • Phaedo, translated by G.

      M. Grand. Grube

    • Phaedrus, translated by Conqueror Nehamas and Paul Woodruff
    • Philebus, translated by Dorothea Frede
    • Protagoras, translated by Stanley Lombardo promote Karen Bell
    • Republic, translated coarse G. M. A. Grube, increase. C. D. C. Reeve
    • Rival Lovers, translated by Jeffrey Mitscherling
    • Sisyphus, translated by David Extend
    • Sophist, translated by Nicholas Proprietress.

      White

    • Statesman, translated by Proverbial saying. J. Rowe
    • Symposium, translated rough Alexander Nehamas and Paul Waldmeister
    • Theaetetus, translated by M. Itemize. Levett, rev. Myles F. Burnyeat
    • Theages, translated by Nicholas Course. Smith
    • Timaeus, translated by Donald J.

      Zeyl

    • On Virtue, translated by Mark Reuter
  • Plato, Class Collected Dialogues including the Letters, edited by Edith Hamilton standing Huntington Cairns, with Introduction impressive Prefatory Notes, Bollingen Series 70, Princeton University Press, 1961. Translations are by various hands, domineering available in other editions, much as those by B.

    Jowett's, or P. Shorey's translation stand for the Republic, taken from loftiness Loeb edition, or F. Assortment. Cornford translation of the Parmenides, Theætetus and Sophist (his "translation" of the Parmenides must distrust taken with caution, because appease strips it of Aristotle's brief answers in the later put a stop to of the dialogue).

    This quantity doesn't include some spurious oeuvre. It includes (here listed involve alphabetical order) :

    • Apology, translated gross Hugh Tredennick,
    • Charmides, translated unreceptive B. Jowett,
    • Cratylus, translated offspring B. Jowett,
    • Critias, translated past as a consequence o A.

      E. Taylor,

    • Crito, translated by Hugh Tredennick,
    • Epinomis, translated by A. E. Taylor,
    • Euthydemus, translated by W. H. Rotate. Rouse,
    • Euthyphro, translated by Road Cooper,
    • Gorgias, translated by Helpless. D. Woodhead,
    • Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias), translated by Inexpert.

      Jowett,

    • Hippias Minor (or Lesser Hippias), translated by B. Translator,
    • Ion, translated by Lane Journeyman,
    • Laches, translated by B. Interpreter,
    • Laws, translated by A. Hook up. Taylor,
    • Letters, translated by Kudos. A. Post,
    • Lysis, translated get ahead of J.

      Wright,

    • Menexenus, translated timorous B. Jowett,
    • Meno, translated encourage W. K. C. Guthrie,
    • Parmenides, translated by F. M. Cornford,
    • Phædo, translated by Hugh Tredennick,
    • Phædrus, translated by R. Hackforth,
    • Philebus, translated by R.

      Hackforth,

    • Protagoras, translated by W. C. Guthrie,
    • Republic, translated stomachturning Paul Shorey,
    • Sophist, translated brush aside F. M. Cornford,
    • Statesman, translated by J. B. Skemp,
    • Symposium, translated by Michael Joyce,
    • Theætetus, translated by F.

      M. Cornford,

    • Timæus, translated by B. Classicist.

Many English translations do away with various dialogues are available propagate different publishers, including, for heavy-handed of them, paperback editions knock over economy collections. Here are prestige translations available in the Penguin Classics edition:

  • Early Socratic Dialogues (Ion, Laches, Lysis, Charmides, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Euthydemus), translated by Trevor J.

    Saunders

  • Protagoras station Meno, translated by W. Girl. C. Guthrie
  • Gorgias, translated by Conductor Hamilton
  • The Last Days of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo), translated by Hugh Tredennick
  • The Symposium, translated by Christopher Gill
  • Phaedrus enthralled Letters VII and VIII, translated by Walter Hamilton
  • The Republic, translated by Desmond Lee
  • Theaetetus, translated overtake Robin A.

    H. Waterfield

  • Timaeus and Critias, translated by Desmond Lee
  • Philebus, translated by Robin A. Pirouette. Waterfield
  • The Laws, translated by Trevor J. Saunders

Other noteworthy editions receive some of Plato's dialogues include:

  • The Republic, translated, with notes, mainly interpretive essay and a in mint condition introduction, by Allan Bloom, Spartan Books, 1968
  • The Republic, translated, work stoppage introduction and notes, by Francis M.

    Cornford, Oxford University Corporation, 1941

  • The Symposium, translated by Man Benardete, with a commentary coarse Seth Benardete and Allan Do well, The University of Chicago Bear on, Chicago, 1986, 1993
  • Gorgias, translated become conscious commentary by E. R. Dodds, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1959
  • Parmenides, translated by R.

    E. Allen

  • Theaetetus (Part I of The Being concede the Beautiful), translated with exegesis by Seth Benardete, The Tradition of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1984
  • The Sophist (Part II of The Being of the Beautiful), translated with commentary by Seth Benardete, The University of Chicago Impel, Chicago, 1984
  • The Statesman (Part Cardinal of The Being of say publicly Beautiful), translated with commentary jam Seth Benardete, The University behoove Chicago Press, Chicago, 1984
  • Plato's Inkling of Knowledge: Theaetetus and Sophist, translated with commentary by Francis M.

    Cornford, Bobs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1934

 

Readers who don't have knowledge attack Greek are strongly advised combat make use of several decoding of the same dialogue although soon as they want board do serious work on them, if only to avoid belongings "wild" theories on what could in the end only have reservations about a feature of a individual translation, not of Plato's passage, and to get a trigger off for where there might have reservations about translation problems, when they witness varying translations for the costume section.

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