Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator

Marguerite Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Newcastle, Australia. Harold Tarrant is Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle, Australia.

• IntroductionHarold Tarrant, University of Newcastle, Australia and Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle, AustraliaThe role of Eros in Improving the Pupil, or What Socrates Learned from SapphoMarguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSocrates and Models of Platonic LoveDougal Blyth, University of Auckland, New ZealandThe Eye of the Beloved: Opsis and Eros in Socratic PedagogyVictoria Wohl, University of Toronto, CanadaPlato's Oblique Response to Issues of Socrates' Influence on Alcibiades: An Examination of the Protagoras and the GorgiasReuben Ramsey, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSocratic Ignorance, or the Place of the Alcibiades I in Plato's Early WorksYuji Kurihara, Gakugei University, TokyoDid Alcibiades Learn Justice from the Many?Joe Mintoff, University of Newcastle, AustraliaThe Dual-Role Philosophers: An Exploration of a Failed RelationshipAnthony Hooper, University of Sydney, AustraliaAuthenticity, Experiment or Development: The Alcibiades I on Virtue and CourageEugenio Benitez, University of Sydney, AustraliaRevaluing Megalopsuchia: Reflections on the Alcibiades IIMatthew Sharpe, University of Melbourne, AustraliaImprovement by Love: From Aeschines to the Old AcademyHarold Tarrant, University of Newcastle, AustraliaIce-Cold in Alex: Philo's Treatment of the Divine Lover in Hellenist PedagogyFergus King, University of Newcastle, AustraliaProclus' Reading of Plato's Sôkratikoi Logoi: Proclus' Observations on Dialectic at Alcibiades 112d-114e and ElsewhereAkitsugu Taki, Josai International University, JapanSocrates' Divine Sign: From the Alcibiades to OlympiodorusFrançois Renaud, Université de Moncton, Canada'The Individual' in History and History 'in General': Alcibiades, Philosophical History and Ideas in ContestNeil Morpeth, University of Newcastle, AustraliaAppendix 1. Fourth-Century Politics and the Date of the Alcibiades IAppendix 2. Report on the Working Vocabulary in the Doubtful Dialoguesa. The Working Vocabulary of the Alcibiadesb. The Working Vocabulary of the Theages Bibliography Index