… the-festival-of-the-goddess-hera-at-the-heraion-overlooking-the-plain-of-argos/. Nagy, G. 2015.03.27. “The last words of Socrates at the place where he died.” Classical Inquiries. https://classical-inquiries.chs.harv … Read more
2020.03.22, rewritten 2020.03.25 with minimal changes | By Gregory Nagy Sent to my students in Comparative Literature 156, “Performance and Lyric,” one day before the first day of the new online format for my course. §1. The immediacy … Read more
… n world history. §10C.5a. I now quote my own translation of Plato’s Phaedo 117a–118a, which situates these last words of Socrates: “Go,” said he [= Socrates], “and do as I say.” Crito, when he heard this, signa … Read more
… n world history. §10C.5a. I now quote my own translation of Plato’s Phaedo 117a–118a, which situates these last words of Socrates: “Go,” said he [= Socrates], “and do as I say.” Crito, when he heard this, signa … Read more
… the hemlock in 399 BCE. I return to what I said about this place in a posting from 2015.03.27, entitled “The last words of Socrates at the place where he died,” which was composed almost exactly one year ago. Foundatio … Read more
… the hemlock in 399 BCE. I return to what I said about this place in a posting from 2015.03.27, entitled “The last words of Socrates at the place where he died,” which was composed almost exactly one year ago. Foundatio … Read more
… §10. In my posting on 2015.03.27, I had in mind such a sacrifice when I offered my own interpretation of the last words of Socrates as quoted in Plato’s Phaedo. I interpreted these words as a mystical sign that was int … Read more
… . With reference to this argumentation of mine as presented in my posting on 2015.03.27, where I focused on the last words of Socrates as quoted in Plato’s Phaedo 117a–118a, Patrick Lee Miller wrote me on 2015.03.31: … Read more
… oto by H. Lambert. §3. I now quote my own translation of Plato’s Phaedo 117a–118a, which situates these last words of Socrates: “Go,” said he [= Socrates], “and do as I say.” Crito, when he heard this, signa … Read more
