The Older Sophists
"Will be of interest both to those who know Greek and to those who do not, and, it is hoped, will provide a contribution to the serious study of the sophist movement. . . . Fascinating reading."
—The Classical Review
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This sourcebook, a corrected reprint of the University of South Carolina Press edition of 1972, contains a complete English translation of the sophist material collected in the critical edition of Diels-Krantz, as well as Euthydemus and a completely re-edited Antiphon.
Reviews:
"Will be of interest both to those who know Greek and to those who do not, and, it is hoped, will provide a contribution to the serious study of the sophist movement. . . . Fascinating reading."
—The Classical Review
Contents:
- Preface, R. K. Sprague. Abbreviations.
- Name and Notion, trans. W. O’Neill
- Protagoras, trans. M. J. O’Brien
- Xeniades, trans. W. O’Neill
- Gorgias, trans. G. Kennedy
- Lycophron, trans. W. O’Neill
- Prodicus, trans. D. J. Stewart
- Thrasymachus, trans. F. Sparshott
- Hippias, trans. D. Gallop
- Antiphon, trans. J. S. Morrison
- Critias, trans. D. N. Levin
- Anonymus Iamblichi, translated M. E. Reesor
- Dissoi Logoi or Dialexeis, trans. R. K. Sprague
- Appendix: Euthydemus of Chios, trans. R. K. Sprague
- Index of Persons and Places. Index of Passages. Corrigenda
About the Author:
Rosamond Kent Sprague is Emerita Professor of Philosophy and Greek, University of South Carolina.
