tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post5489371111143757829..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Ancient Greek Classics: Selected Myths by PlatoSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1640906855375601992011-02-08T20:54:48.920-05:002011-02-08T20:54:48.920-05:00This sounds like a wonderful way to read Plato. I ...This sounds like a wonderful way to read Plato. I admit, I've always been scared of THE REPUBLIC.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-62519713654818421962011-02-03T11:40:53.984-05:002011-02-03T11:40:53.984-05:00I had no idea Plato wrote myths! I've read Aes...I had no idea Plato wrote myths! I've read Aeschylus' Orestia trilogy and Ssophocles' Elektra but not yet Euripides' Oresetes. I really liked Aeschylus, especially the first play in the series, Agamemnon. Most excellent.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-20691808265639444182011-02-02T21:50:33.483-05:002011-02-02T21:50:33.483-05:00Like others, I was unaware of Plato's myths. ...Like others, I was unaware of Plato's myths. Thank you for bring this to my attention! I've heard the premise of "The Androgyne" before, but I'm curious to read Plato's take on it.<br /><br />As for The/An Oreseia, I've read both (and loved them). I think you'd be better off starting with The Oresteia, the original by Aeschylus and also the only complete surving Greek drama trilogy. Anne Carson's An Oresteia starts with the same first play as in The Oresteia and follows it with a play by Sophocles and one by Euripides. They present the same overall scenario as Aeschylus's trilogy, but different pieces of the story are highlighted and the events do differ a little. But do read them both eventually!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-54139178801767920312011-01-31T06:45:11.519-05:002011-01-31T06:45:11.519-05:00Yes, Plato can be said to have written myths, both...Yes, Plato can be said to have written myths, both in the sense of having incorporated references to that common body of stories of men and gods which the Greeks circulated and added to, and in the sense of generating his own original stories. Among Plato scholars, one long-debated topic is precisely what he was up to when he steered the narrative into a myth.Gregory B. Sadlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197307174003462308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-15285154115826467382011-01-30T16:27:21.253-05:002011-01-30T16:27:21.253-05:00I had no idea Plato has written myths either, desp...I had no idea Plato has written myths either, despite having read tiny bits and pieces of his philosophical writings.<br /><br />And I do recommend The Oresteia. That's what Jenny and I read for the Circuit, and we both loved it. I imagine An Oresteia is just as fascinating, but I wanted to read the original trilogy first.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-26456582093512787142011-01-30T12:28:27.491-05:002011-01-30T12:28:27.491-05:00oooh, thanks for this. I too had know idea Plato ...oooh, thanks for this. I too had know idea Plato had written myths so I am definitely going to hunt this one out.Falaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296217731383114462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-64637959468928690482011-01-30T11:37:44.532-05:002011-01-30T11:37:44.532-05:00You have no idea how much better that makes me fee...You have no idea how much better that makes me feel, Annie! Sometimes I'm totally oblivious to the obvious and I feared that this instance fell into that category.<br /><br />I lurve those Elizabeth Vandiver lectures. My son and I were listening to the classical myths series about the time I started blogging and we tried to track down and read all the various myths she talked about--all I'd read prior to that were the Edith Hamilton retellings.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-56758929298118067832011-01-30T10:11:10.122-05:002011-01-30T10:11:10.122-05:00Well, I didn't know about Plato's link wit...Well, I didn't know about Plato's link with myths, either. I'm in the middle of the Teaching Company's course on Greek myths at the moment and learning a lot about the way in which they reflected the life of the Greek people and their culture. this sounds as though it might make an interesting place to go onto next. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966461711132186974noreply@blogger.com