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This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society that makes it a document of prime historical importance.Bowen, A. J. is the author of 'Xenophon Symposium' with ISBN 9780856686818 and ISBN 0856686816.
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