Plato and Athens
Carol Atack joins me in the Lesche to discuss Plato's civic entanglements (and disenchantments) with his native Athens. Carol is the author of a new biography of Plato titled Plato: A Civic Life (Reaktion Books/University of Chicago Press 2024). The book is the second in a new series, Great Lives of the Ancient World, edited by Paul Cartledge. Ancient texts Plato: lots and lotsXenophon's Socratic worksIsocrates, Against the sophistsAbout our guest Carol Atack is a fellow and Director of...