Epigrams (Plato)

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Eighteen Epigrams are attributed to Plato, most of them considered spurious. These are short poems suitable for dedicatory purposes written in the form of elegiac couplets.

Figures mentioned

Notable figures referenced in the epigrams include:

Dion, the political figure of Syracuse whose campaign is discussed at length in the Platonic Epistles, mourned in Epigram 3.

Phaedrus and Agathon, two Classical Athenians featured in the Socratic dialogues, mentioned in Epigrams 4 and 6 respectively.

Xanthippe, perhaps the wife of Socrates, a lover mentioned in Epigram 8.

Sappho, the Archaic poet celebrated as the tenth Muse in Epigram 16.

Aristophanes, the Classical comic playwright described reverently as inspired by the Graces in Epigram 18.

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