{"product_id":"9781585108541","title":"Symposium or Drinking Party","description":"This new edition of Plato's\u003ci\u003e Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e provides beginning readers and scholars alike with a solid, reliable translation that is both faithful to the original text and accessible to contemporary readers. In addition, the volume offers a number of aids to help the reader make his or her way through this remarkable work: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA concise introduction sets the scene, conveys the tenor of the dialogue, and introduces the reader to the main characters with a gloss on their backgrounds and a comment on their roles in the dialogue. It also provides a list of basic points for readers to keep in mind as they read the work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thought-provoking interpretive essay offers reflections on the themes of the dialogue, focusing especially on the dialogue as drama.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA select bibliography points to works, both classic and contemporary, that are especially relevant to readers of the Symposium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo appendices consist of a line drawing that depicts the spacial layout and positioning of characters in the Symposium, and a chart that shows the relation of the first six speeches to number, age, parentage and the function of Eros.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150887141616,"sku":"9781585108541","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585108541_p0.jpg?v=1763797854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585108541","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}