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This book explores the possibility that Plato’s philosophia is influenced by non-agonal practices and values that historically and philosophically antedate th

One of classical Greece's most worldly and lucid writers, Xenophon across his many works gave a restless criticism of power: democratic, oligarchic and autocrat

Plato and Xenophon are the two students of Socrates whose works have come down to us in their entirety. Their works have been studied by countless scholars over

In Philosophy as Agôn: A Study of Plato's Gorgias and Related Texts, Robert Metcalf offers a fresh interpretation of Plato's dialogues as dramatic texts whose

Questions about how ancient Greek texts establish their authority, reflect on each other, and project their own truths have become central for a wide range of r