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Theages — Plato

Traditional attribution

Theages

Θεάγης

Busto de Platón (Museos Capitolinos, MC 1377)
byPlato

Demodocus brings his son Theages to Socrates to find him a teacher of political wisdom. The dialogue culminates in the most extended description of Socrates' 'divine sign' (daimonion) and of its effect on those who keep his company, who make progress while they are near him.

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Authorship note

Spurious according to majority opinion since the nineteenth century; probably composed in the Academy in the fourth or third century BC.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Plato: Complete Works — Plato

    Plato: Complete Works

    Hackett, 1997

    Translation: varios (ed. John M. Cooper y D. S. Hutchinson)

    ISBN 0872203492

    Volumen único con todo el corpus, incluidos dudosos, espurios y epigramas

  • Theages

    Henry G. Bohn (Londres), 1855

    Translation: George Burges

    The Works of Plato, Bohn's Classical Library, vol. 4; traducción de dominio público

Español

  • Teages o de la ciencia

    Medina y Navarro (Madrid), 1872

    Translation: Patricio de Azcárate

    Obras completas de Platón, tomo 11; traducción de dominio público

  • Diálogos VII: Dudosos, apócrifos, cartas

    Gredos, 1992

    ISBN 9788424914783

    Biblioteca Clásica Gredos 162; trad. de Juan Zaragoza (dudosos y cartas) y Pilar Gómez Cardó (apócrifos)

Other works by Plato

Sources

  • Cooper, John M. (ed.) y Hutchinson, D. S. (ed. asociado), Plato: Complete Works, Indianápolis, Hackett, 1997 (introducción del editor sobre el corpus, las tetralogías de Trasilo y la autenticidad de cada obra).

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