"This is clearly the definitive edition in English of the Platonic writings. It replaces completely the
Hamilton-Cairns collection. . . . The notes are at just the right level, and the index is very helpful. The translations
are both readable and accurate. They are always reliable, and in most cases the best available. It is the one volume
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--Michael D. Rohr, Rutgers University
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Summary
Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars - many commissioned especially for this volume - are
presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato
in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper gives an account of his presentation of these works, discusses
questions surrounding the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote,
and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works. Also included are concise introductions
by Cooper and Hutchinson to each translation, meticulous annotation, and a comprehensive index.
Table of Contents
Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, trans. G. M. A. Grube.
Cratylus, trans. C. D. C. Reeve.
Theaetetus, trans. M. J. Levett, rev. M. Burnyeat.
Sophist, trans. N. White.
Statesman, trans. C. J. Rowe.
Parmenides, trans. M. L. Gill and P. Ryan.
Philebus, trans. D. Frede.
Symposium, Phaedrus, trans. A. Nehamas and P. Woodruff.
Alcibiades, trans. D. S. Hutchinson.
Second Alcibiades, trans. A. Kenny.
Hipparchus, trans. N. Smith.
Rival Lovers, trans. J. Mitscherling.
Theages, trans. N. D. Smith.
Charmides, Laches, trans. R. K. Sprague.
Lysis, trans. S. Lombardo.
Euthydemus, trans. R. K. Sprague.
Protagoras, trans. S. Lombardo and K. Bell.
Gorgias, trans. D. J. Zeyl.
Meno, trans. G. M. A.
Grube. Greater Hippias, trans. P. Woodruff.
Lesser Hippias, trans. N. J. Smith.
Ion, trans. P. Woodruff.
Menexenus, trans. P. Ryan.
Clitophon, trans. F. J. Gonzalez.
Republic, trans. G. M. A. Grube, rev. C. D. C. Reeve.
Timaeus, trans. D. J. Zeyl.
Critias, trans. D. Clay.
Minos, trans. M. Schofield.
Laws, trans. T. Saunders.
Epinomis, trans. R. D. McKirahan, Jr.
Letters, trans. G. R. Morrow.
Definitions, trans. D. S. Hutchinson.
On Justice, trans. A. S. Becker.
On Virtue, trans. M. Reuter.
Demodocus, trans. J. Barnes.
Sisyphus, trans. D. Gallop.
Halcyon, trans. B. Inwood.
Eryxias, trans. M. Joyal.
Axiochus, trans. J. P. Hershbell.
Epigrams, trans. J. M. Edmonds, rev. J. M. Cooper.
