Plato at Syracuse Essays on Plato in Western Greece with a new translation of the Seventh Letter by Jonah Radding

• Main Author: Reid, Heather L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Ralkowski, Mark (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Parnassos Press - Fonte Aretusa 2019
• Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Philosophy; History; Classical Studies; Language & Literature
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book is born from a desire to understand how Plato influenced and was influenced by the intellectual culture of Western Greece, the ancient Hellenic cities of Sicily and Southern Italy. In 2018, a seminar on Plato at Syracuse was organized, in which a small group of scholars discussed a new tra...