The Collected Dialogues

edith hamilton huntington cairns

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British & American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialog, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy & writings, by Huntington Cairns; & a comprehensive index which seeks, by means of cross references, to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.
Socrates' defense (Apology)/ translated by Hugh Tredennick
Crito/ translated by Hugh Tredennick
Phaedo/ translated by Hugh Tredennick
Charmides/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Laches/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Lysis/ translated by J. Wright
Euthyphro/ translated by Lane Cooper
Menexenus/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Lesser Hippias/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Ion/ translated by Lane Cooper
Gorgias/ translated by W.D. Woodhead
Protagoras/ translated by W.K.C. Guthrie
Meno/ translated by W.K.C. Guthrie
Euthydemus/ translated by W.H.D. Rouse
Cratylus/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Phaedrus/ translated by R. Hackforth
Symposium/ translated by Michael Joyce
Republic/ translated by Paul Shorey
Theaetetus/ translated by F.M. Cornford
Parmenides/ translated by F.M. Cornford
Sophist/ translated by F.M. Cornford
Statesman/ translated by J.B. Skemp
Philebus/ translated by R. Hackforth
Timaeus/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Critias/ translated by A.E. Taylor
Laws/ translated by A.E. Taylor
Epinomis/ translated by A.E. Taylor
Greater Hippias/ translated by Benjamin Jowett
Letters/ translated by L.A. Post

Genres philosophyclassicsnonfictionhistoryancientgreecepsychologytheoryliteratureancient history

1743 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,-0380

This edition

Format: 1743 pages, Hardcover
Published: September 15, 1963 by Princeton University Press (NJ)
ISBN: 9780691097183
ASIN: B000HVTV16
Language: English

About the author

edith hamilton

Edith Hamilton, an educator, writer and a historian, was born August 12, 1867 in Dresden, Germany, of American parents and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. Her father began teaching her Latin when she was seven years old and soon added Greek, French and German to her curriculum. Hamilton's education continued at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut and at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 1894 with an M.A. degree. The following year, she and her sister Alice went to Germany and were the first women students at the universities of Munich and Leipzich.
Hamilton returned to the United States in 1896 and accepted a position of the headmistress of the Bryn Mawr Preparatory School in Baltimore, Maryland. For the next twenty-six years, she directed the education of about four hundred girls per year. After her retirement in 1922, she started writing and publishing scholarly articles on Greek drama. In 1930, when she was sixty-three years old, she published The Greek Way, in which she presented parallels between life in ancient Greece and in modern times. The book was a critical and popular success. In 1932, she published The Roman Way, which was also very successful. These were followed by The Prophets of Israel (1936), Witness to the Truth: Christ and His Interpreters (1949), Three Greek Plays, translations of Aeschylus and Euripides (1937), Mythology (1942), The Great Age of Greek Literature (1943), Spokesmen for God (1949) and Echo of Greece (1957). Hamilton traveled to Greece in 1957 to be made an honorary citizen of Athens and to see a performance in front of the Acropolis of one of her translations of Greek plays. She was ninety years old at the time. At home, Hamilton was a recipient of many honorary degrees and awards, including election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Edith Hamilton died on May 31, 1963 in Washington, D.C.