Talk:Epigrams (Plato)

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Edmonds ordering

There is no particular reason to give primacy to the selection or ordering of 18 epigrams in the Edmonds edition. The Cooper/Hutchinson edition of the complete works uses this selection, but despite Cooper's introduction to the complete works claiming radical inclusionism ("the only viable policy"), the Edmonds edition is not complete. It excludes several epigrams attributed to Plato, and includes epigrams primarily attributed to other authors. For example, the epigram about a man finding gold and leaving his halter (noose), is primarily attributed to Statyllius Flaccus in the Paton edition of the Greek Anthology. The Edmonds ordering is not the one found in the Greek Anthology. cagliost (talk) 11:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have reorganized the article. cagliost (talk) 14:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plato the Younger

Who was Plato the Younger, also known as Plato Junior or Plato Epigrammaticus? cagliost (talk) 12:11, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've included all the Plato the Younger epigrams, even though only a couple were attributed to Plato the philosopher. I've included the Plato Comicus epigrams even though they have nothing to do with Plato the philosopher, because why not. cagliost (talk) 13:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of copyright

The translations I have used are from the Paton edition of the Greek Anthology, which was published in 1916 and is in the public domain. cagliost (talk) 12:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the epigram on the Graces and Aristophanes, I have used the 1854 translation by George Burges. cagliost (talk) 14:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]