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Menexenus

Plato

Socrates recites to Menexenus a funeral oration for Athenians fallen in war which, he says, Aspasia, Pericles' companion, taught him. It is at once an example of the genre and a parody of the patriotic rhetoric that embellishes Athenian history. The speech reaches as far as the King's Peace (386 BC).

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English

Translated by Benjamin Jowett · 3 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1APPENDIX I.11′
  2. 2INTRODUCTION.5′
  3. 3PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates and Menexenus.28′

Spanish

Translated by Patricio de Azcárate · 1 chapter · 1 h reading

  1. 1Menexenes o la oración fúnebre · 12′
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