- Hippias Major, is one of the dialogues of Plato, although its authenticity has been doubted. It belongs to the early dialogues, written while the author was still young.
- The concept du jour in the Hippias Major is a tough one: the Greek term is kallos, and is broadly translate as “fineness.”
- HIPPIAS: What else do you suppose, Socrates, than that they were not able to compass by their wisdom both public and private matters?
- Other articles where Hippias Major is discussed: Plato: Varia: The Hippias Major takes up the question “What is the beautiful (the fine)?”
- Reference address : https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-Greece/plato/plato-hippias-major.asp.
- Hippias Major. Hippias Major, so called because it is longer than Hippias Minor, is a highly disputed dialogue, although in recent years scholarly judgment...
- Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Hippias Major by Plato. Translated by George Burges.
- Hippias Major. Catalogue of Titles. ... SOCRATES: Hippias, beautiful and wise, what a long time it is since you have put in at the port of Athens!
- Hippias Major (or What is Beauty) is one of the dialogues of Plato. It belongs to the Early Dialogues, written while the author was still young.
- Lucian of Samosata, Life of Demonax. Home Page Show All Texts Contact Me. text:hippias_major. Plato.
