TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Zervos,I. TI - Μενέξενоς AV - PA PY - 2012/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Funeral orations KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menexenus_(dialogue); Release date is 2012-05-05; Produced by Sophia Canoni. Book provided by Iason Konstantinides; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Μενέξενος" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue traditionally included in the seventh tetralogy. Socrates encounters Menexenus and shares a funeral oration he claims to have learned from Aspasia, the female philosopher and consort of Pericles. The speech praises Athens' noble heritage and military valor while referencing Pericles' famous funeral oration from the Peloponnesian War. Unique among Platonic dialogues, the work consists primarily of this lengthy oration rather than philosophical debate, offering rare insight into Athenian funeral oratory practices while simultaneously parodying the form. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39633 ER -