Section outline

  • Week IX: (October 27-31)

    Readings: 212c-219e Speech of Alcibiades

    Secondary Reading:  Nussbaum, Martha C. 1986. “The Speech of Alcibiades: A Reading of the Symposium.” In The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, 165–99. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Supplementary Reading:

    ·       Reeve, C.D.C. 2006. “A Study in Violets: Alcibiades in the Symposium.” In Plato’s Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception, edited by Lesher, James, Debra Nails, and Frisbee Sheffield, 124–46. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.

    ·       Edmonds, Radcliffe G. 2017. “Alcibiades the Profane: Images of the Mysteries.” In Plato’s Symposium: A Critical Guide, edited by Pierre Destrée and Zina Giannopoulou, 194–215. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

     

    Symposium Encomium Revisions due Friday, October 31