Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227a-245e

by Dirk Baltzly and Michael Share

Book Overview

This commentary records, through notes taken by Hermias, Syrianus' seminar on Plato's Phaedrus, one of the world's most influential celebrations of erotic beauty and love. It is the only Neoplatonic commentary on Plato's Phaedrus to have survived in its entirety. Further interest comes from the recorded interventions by Syrianus' pupils - including those by Proclus, his eventual successor as head of the Athenian school, who went on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350136484
• ISBN13: 9781350136489
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"