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Plato's Symposium: Greek Text with Facing Vocabulary and Commentary
by Geoffrey Steadman
This commentary is a true lagniappe for anyone studying Attic Greek. My Greek is rusty at best, but with Steadman's help I was able to read Plato in the original and truly enjoy it. If you've got a year of the basics in the bag and you're weary of paradigms and dry exercises, pick up one of Steadman's texts as soon as possible. Nobody learns ancient Greek to recite declensions. Start right away on the actual texts.
Plato is relatively easy Greek (which is not to say it's easy, but it's manageable) and the Symposium is not just philosophy -- it's high drama. Socrates is one of the most fascinating characters of the ancient world, and in addition you get Aristophanes, Alcibiades, and the lovely Diotima. Great stuff, and this text saves the amateur Greek reader a huge amount of time and drudgery.
Plato is relatively easy Greek (which is not to say it's easy, but it's manageable) and the Symposium is not just philosophy -- it's high drama. Socrates is one of the most fascinating characters of the ancient world, and in addition you get Aristophanes, Alcibiades, and the lovely Diotima. Great stuff, and this text saves the amateur Greek reader a huge amount of time and drudgery.