Section outline

  • Week III:  (September 15-19) 

    Readings: 178a-180b, 180c-185c the Speeches of Phaedrus & Pausanias

    Secondary Reading:  Cohen, David. 1991. “Law, Social Control, and Homosexuality in Classical Athens.” In Law, Sexuality, and Society: The Enforcement of Morals in Classical Athens, 171–202. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Supplementary Reading:

    ·       Carnes, Jeffrey. 2006. “Plato in the Courtroom: The Surprising Influence of the Symposium on Legal Theory.” In Plato’s Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception, edited by Lesher, James, Debra Nails, and Frisbee Sheffield, 272–94. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.

    ·       Davidson, James. 2012. “Dover, Foucault and Greek Homosexuality: Penetration and the Truth of Sex.” In Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Society: Past and Present Publications, edited by Robin Osborne, 78–118. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    ·       Nussbaum, Martha. 2002. “Erōs and Ethical Norms: Philosophers Respond to a Cultural Dilemma.” In The Sleep of Reason : Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by M. Nussbaum and J. Sihvola, 55–94. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.