Antiphon the Sophist: The Fragments

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Cambridge University Press, Jan 14, 2010 - Philosophy - 488 pages
The ancient Greek philosopher Antiphon was a contemporary of Socrates who lived in the fifth century BCE Athens. Antiphon wrote several major works, which have survived only in very fragmentary form. All that is known about these works as well as about Antiphon is included in this study. The material is translated, and its significance assessed in a detailed commentary that addresses the numerous problems raised by the fragmentary material. Antiphon's contribution to the wider history of ideas is addressed in conclusion.

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Antiphon the Sophist: The Fragments
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About the author (2010)

Gerard Pendrick received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University. He specializes in ancient Greek and Latin and has taught at Columbia, Emory, and Oglethorpe Universities as well as at Georgia State. His research interests include ancient philosophy, rhetoric and medicine. He has published numerous articles on these topics in American and European periodicals, and his edition of the fragments of the sophist Antiphon appeared in the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series published by Cambridge University Press in 2002. He is currently at work on a short article on Virgil's Aeneid as well as on a monograph about the origins of natural law theory in ancient Greece.

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TitleAntiphon the Sophist: The Fragments
Volume 39 of Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
AuthorAntiphon
Translated byGerard J. Pendrick
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2010
ISBN0521126126, 9780521126120
Length488 pages
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