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Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Focus Pub R Pullins & Co. New. 2003. Paperback. 0941051544 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- 140 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- DESCRIPTION: A modern translation of Plato's Phaedrus. With notes, a complete introduction and interpretative essay. -- AUTHOR (intro, notes): Stephen Scully is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He is the author of Homer and the Sacred City, as well as numerous essays and articles on Homer, Attic Tragedy, and Virgil. He is currently writing a book on Hesiod’s Theogony, its sources, and its influences upon later Greek literature. -- REVIEW: "This is a fine translation, both fluent and accurate. It captures the range of tonalities of the original in elegant English that is…

Phaedrus is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, taking place outside the city of Athens, highlighting a philosophical discussion about love, rhetoric, and the soul.