Plato's myths

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List of illustrations List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Catalin Partenie 1. Plato's eschatological myths Michael Inwood 2. Myth, punishment and politics in the Gorgias David Sedley 3. Tale, theology and teleology in the Phaedo Gabor Betegh 4. Fraternite, inegalite, la parole de Dieu: Plato's authoritarian myth of political legitimation Malcolm Schofield 5. Glaucon's reward, philosophy's debt: the myth of Er G. R. F. Ferrari 6. The charioteer and his horses: an example of Platonic myth-making Christopher Rowe 7. The myth of the Statesman Charles H. Kahn 8. Eikos muthos M. F. Burnyeat 9. Myth and eschatology in the Laws Richard Stalley 10. Platonic myth in Renaissance iconography Elizabeth McGrath Suggested further reading Bibliography Index.