{"product_id":"hermias-on-plato-phaedrus-257c-279c-with-syrianus-introduction-to-hermogenes-on-styles-9781350363762","title":"Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 257c-279c, with 'Syrianus': Introduction to Hermogenes on Styles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis third and final volume concludes Hermias' commentary on Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, Plato delivers a celebrated critique of writing, and its relationship to orality. Hermias follows him, and adds a general account of good writing. In addition, this volume offers the first English translation of the brief \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Hermogenes'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Styles\u003c\/i\u003e, which manuscripts attribute-probably mistakenly-to Hermias' teacher Syrianus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaltzly and Share discuss the \u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e's authorship and its relation to the genuine commentaries of Syrianus on the rhetorical treatises of Hermogenes. They illuminate the relationship between philosophy and rhetoric in the Neoplatonic schools, and provide a novel explanation of Neoplatonic commentaries as performances of Platonic literacy in ancient elite education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis translation offers novel evidence of interest for students of ancient philosophy, rhetorical education, and literature more broadly. It is accompanied by explanatory notes, an introduction, and scholarly apparatus, including indices, glossaries, and bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirk Baltzly\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Discipline for Philosophy and Gender Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePleasure and Power, Virtues and Vices: Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Share\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History \u0026amp; Classics, University of Tasmania, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500772426002,"sku":"9781350363762","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_27ec32d6-c56c-46e1-a76f-ba45a41c6052.jpg?v=1753200274","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hermias-on-plato-phaedrus-257c-279c-with-syrianus-introduction-to-hermogenes-on-styles-9781350363762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}