Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature

Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created ''classics'' out of some of Plato''s richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of the Apology and re-imaginings of Socrates'' defence, Plato''s high style and the criticisms it attracted, and how Petronius and Apuleius threaded Plato into their wonderfully comic texts...