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The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium . [ 1 ]
Anthony Slide noted that The Charioteer was a bestseller within the gay community. [1] Michael Bronski called the novel "an outright plea for the tolerance of homosexuals" and praised it as "sincere and well-written." [8] The Charioteer was not ranked among the top 100 gay and lesbian novels compiled by The Publishing Triangle in 1999. However ...
Plato's Phaedrus and his later work The Republic discuss thumos as one of the three constituent parts of the human psyche.In the Phaedrus, Plato depicts logos as a charioteer driving the two horses eros and thumos (erotic love and spiritedness are to be guided by logos).
Sedley, David. 1995. "The Dramatis Personae of Plato's Phaedo." [In] Philosophical Dialogues: Plato, Hume, and Wittgenstein, 3–26 Edited by Timothy J. Smiley. Proceedings of the British Academy 85. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Trabattoni, Franco (2023). From Death to Life: Key Themes in Plato's Phaedo. Brill. ISBN 9789004538221.
Plato's Phaedrus uses the charioteer image that is the main metaphorical trope of the Bhagavad Gita, and the dialogs themselves are similar to the Upanishads. The legends about Krishna are similar beyond co-incidence to Sophocles' Oedipus tale.
Apart from commentaries, he has also published numerous translations of classical works including Plato's Phaedrus and Demosthenes' On the Crown. In the early 2000s, the original fragments from On the Crown, were sent to him to be studied through a process of philological, historical and literary analysis. These recently discovered papyrus ...
An RFU spokesperson said: “The ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ song has long been part of the culture of rugby and is sung by many who have no awareness of its origins or sensitivities. We are ...
As a young man, Plato encountered debates in the circles around Anaxagoras and Socrates over whether Homer's poems contained allegories. [8] Plato refers to these debates and made allegories and the nature of allegory a prominent theme in his dialogues. [9] He uses many allegorical devices and explicitly calls attention to them.