num_pages: 464
description: The People of Plato is the first study since 1823 devoted exclusively to the identification of and relationships among the individuals represented in the complete Platonic corpus. It provides details of their lives and it enables one to consider the persons of Plato's works and those of other Socratics within a nexus of important political social and familial relationships. Debra Nails makes a broad spectrum of scholarship accessible to the non-specialist. She distinguishes what can be stated confidently from what remains controversial and--with full references to ancient and contemporary sources--advances our knowledge of the men and women of the Socratic milieu. Bringing the results of modern epigraphical and papyrological research to bear on long-standing questions The People of Plato is a fascinating resource and valuable research tool for the field of ancient Greek philosophy and for literary political and historical studies more generally. In discrete sections Nails discusses systems of Athenian affiliation significant historical episodes that link lives and careers of the late fifth century and their implications for the dramatic dates of the dialogues. The volume includes a rich array of maps stemmata and diagrams plus a glossary chronology plan of the agora in 399 B.C.E. bibliography and indices.
language: English
title: The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.