The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics

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The first study since 1823 devoted exclusively to the identification of, and relationships among, the individuals who appear in the Platonic dialogues, this prosopography incorporates the results of modern epigraphical and papyrological research, and enables one to consider the individuals of Plato's works, and those of other Socratics, within a nexus of important political, social, and familial relationships. Includes maps, stemmata, diagrams, glossary, and bibliography.

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"This is a fun book full of scholarship. A valuable companion to the dialogues and a useful tool for furthering one's appreciation of them" - Practical Philosophy, Winter 2004.

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Debra Nails is Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University.