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This is the first comprehensive study of the Theages, a dialogue whose Platonic authorship was not questioned in antiquity but has been doubted by most modern scholars. The book's introductory chapters confront such problems as the dialogue's purpose and meaning, its authenticity and date of composition, its depiction of Socrates' divine sign, and its relation to other Platonic and Socratic literature. The commentary deals in detail with a wide range of philosophical, philological and literary questions. A new text is also offered here, the first to be founded upon a complete knowledge of the manuscript tradition. "Joyal's commentary is the first work that has done justice to the Theages as a genuine document of Ancient Greek rather than as a work to insult and denigrate because it does not reach the heights of the best Platonic dialogues. Philologists and philosophers can gain immeasurably from Joyal's work." Gnomon "There can be no doubt that this edition will stand for many decades as the standard work" The Heythrop Journal "For anyone who does serious work on the language or text of Plato, and anyone who wants to explore an early monument of Socrates' transition from hero to saint, this ambitious study will yield years of profit.o Classical World "athis is certainly an important book and will be of enormous interest to students of Plato" Scripta Classica Israelica "athe edition is a pleasure to use, and an important tool of scholarship. It made me think. What more could one want?" Phoenix . (Franz Steiner 2000)
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reviewed The Platonic Theages: An Introduction, Commentary and Critical Edition on September 25, 2018 The Platonic Theages: An Introduction, Commentary and Critical Edition
Very concise and well written account of Antigonus, the Oldest and Greatest of the Diadochi! First half of the book is a biography of the man, starting from his growing up, the reign of Philip, then of Alexander, his command of the satrapy of Phrygia, and finally his 22 years after the death of Alexander, where he was a protagonist in all of the four wars of the diadochi in that time. It goes deep into detail where its possible to do so. Not much is known specifically about Antigonos before 323 BC, but the authour has made a good work on giving us a general picture of what it probably might have been like.
His campaigns, though, in the wars of diadochi are richly detailed and the author presents all the information in here, finding any detail to be worthy. Thus this book is much more thorough than say, Waterfields' Dividing the Spoils, when the matter in question was Antigonus.
The second half of the book gives the reader a view of the Hellenistic state Antigonus ruled. His argument that the Seleucid empire merely adopted many of the practices of Antigonus is well defended. He shows how Antigonus dealt with the greek poleis (league system, protecting their independence), with hellenistic colonization (founding cities, the synoecism of smaller poleis), with delegation to other men of command and governance (many different terms being used to separate garrison commanders, governors of a smaller region, commanders with 1.000 soldiers, etc etc), with the support of art and culture, with his close number of friends and councillors, and more.
Highly recommended to understand not only the wars of the diadochi but the Hellenistic states in general!
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