Plato and Xenophon

Gabriel Danzig, PhD (1997) Hebrew University, Senior Lecturer at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of Socratic Dialogues (Heb.) and Apologizing for Socrates (Eng.) and many articles on Plato, Xenophon and Aristotle.David Johnson PhD (1996) Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Trade – Classics Section, College of Liberal Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dave is the author of Socrates and Athens (CUP) and numerous articles on Xenophon.Donald Morrison, Ph.D. (1983) Princeton, is Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. He is the author of Bibliography of Editions, Translations, and Scholarly Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings, 1600-present (Mathesis, 1988), and many articles on Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle.Contributors are: William H.F. Altman, Carol Atack, Fiorenza Bevilacqua, Olga Chernyakhovskaya, Gabriel Danzig, Louis-André Dorion, Lowell Edmunds, Noreen Humble, Katarzyna Jazdzewska, David Johnson, Genevieve Lachance, Christopher Moore, Francesca Pentassuglio, James Redfield, Alessandro Stavru, Melina Tamiolaki, David Thomas, C. J. Tuplin, T. A. van Berkel, Roslyn Weiss.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction to the Comparative Study of Plato and XenophonGabriel DanzigIntroduction to This VolumeDavid JohnsonPart 1 MethodsComparative Exegesis and the Socratic ProblemLouis-André DorionXenophon’s Intertextual SocratesDavid JohnsonDivision and Collection: A New Paradigm for the Relationship between Plato and XenophonWilliam H.F. AltmanXenophon and the SocraticsJames RedfieldXenophon on “Philosophy” and SocratesChristopher MooreXenophon and the Elenchos: A Formal and Comparative AnalysisGenevieve LachancePart 2 EthicsLaughter in Plato’s and Xenophon’s SymposiaKatarzyna JazdzewskaSocrates’ Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in ComparisonAlessandro StavruXenophon’s Triad of Socratic Virtues and the Poverty of SocratesLowell EdmundsPity or Pardon: Responding to Intentional Wrongdoing in Plato, Xenophon, and AristotleRoslyn WeissMechanisms of Pleasure according to Xenophon’s SocratesOlga ChernyakhovskayaPlato, Aristotle and Xenophon on the Ends of VirtueGabriel DanzigSocrates Erotikos: Mutuality, Role Reversal and Erotic Paideia in Xenophon’s and Plato’s SymposiaFrancesca PentassuglioSocratic Economics and the Psychology of MoneyT.A. van BerkelPart 3 From Friendship to PoliticsXenophon’s Conception of Friendship in Memorabilia 2.6 (with Reference to Plato’s Lysis)Melina TamiolakiSocrates’ Attitude towards Politics in Xenophon and PlatoFiorenza BevilacquaPlato and Xenophon on the Different Reasons that Socrates Always Obeys the LawLouis-André DorionPlato’s Statesman and Xenophon’s CyrusCarol AtackPart 4 HistorySparta in Xenophon and PlatoNoreen HumblePlato, Xenophon and PersiaC.J. TuplinThe Enemies of Hunting in Xenophon’s CynegeticusDavid ThomasIndex

"This volume is a landmark of how far the new wave in Socratic studies has traveled. At the same time, it presents an opportunity to assess how much of the remaining so-called Socratic problem resists dissolution. This will be a collection of interest to all scholars working in Socratic studies and a necessary addition to any research library." - Vincent Renzi, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.06.32"[T]hese essays offer much to the students of Xenophon, Plato and other Socratics. (...) Morrison provides a helpful index of places. The result well justifies the price." - David J. Murphy, in: CJ-Online, 2019.11.03 "[T]his volume, Plato and Xenophon, has the great merit of opening a number of paths to the investigation of the subject and overcoming a number of inadvisable simplifications, all that while an impressive 'Xenophon Renaissance' is flourishing." - Livio Rossetti, in: Scripta Classica Israelica 40, 2021