Translation published in 1892 (The Dialogues of Plato Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions, in Five Volumes, Vol. II, Third Edition, Revised and Corrected Throughout, with Marginal Analyses and an Index of Subjects and Proper Names, Oxford University Press, London: Henry Frowde).
Plato3745316The Dialogues of Plato — Vol I. Front Matter1892Benjamin Jowett
MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD DOCTOR IN THEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN
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NOTE
The chief additions to the Introductions in the Third Edition consist of Essays on the following subjects:—
