Benardete, Seth. Plato’s “Laws”: The Discovery of Being. United States: University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Plato. Laws. Translated by Robert Gregg Bury. 2 vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1926.
The A.E. Taylor translation
Plato. The Laws of Plato. Translated by Alfred Edward Taylor. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1934.
Benjamin Jowett translation
Plato. The Dialogues of Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. 3rd ed. Vol. 5, The Laws. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892.
Project Gutenberg Plato’s Laws
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Grave Stele of Ilissos (or Grave Stele of a Young Hunter). c. 340 BCE. Pentelic marble, 168 x 110 cm. Inventory no. 869. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Discovery: Found in 1874 in Athens, recovered directly from the ancient dry bed of the Ilissos River.
Origin: Created in an Attic workshop during the Late Classical period (c. 340 BCE), frequently attributed by style to the school or influence of the master sculptor Scopas.
Current Repository: Housed continuously at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, since its recovery and cataloging under inventory number Γ 869.
