A.N. Egunov's «Outlines» for the translation of Plato's «Symposium» Cover Image

“Наметки” а.н. егунова к переводу платоновского “пира”
A.N. Egunov's «Outlines» for the translation of Plato's «Symposium»

Author(s): Roman Svetlov, Dmitry Shmonin
Subject(s): Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: A.N. Egunov; Plato; «Symposium»; speech of Pausanias; Aphrodite Pandemos;

Summary/Abstract: The archive of A. N. Egunov, a prominent Russian writer, poet, and scholar, includes unpublished fragments of his translation of the dialogue «Symposium». These fragments were prepared during his work on the 1965 edition of Plato's Selected Dialogues. Egunov carefully researched the then available translations of the «Symposium» and concluded that none of them met the requirements of a modern edition. He prepared recommendations for future translators and gave some excerpts of his own translation as a sample. In the publication we offer one of these fragments, the speech of Pausanias, as well as A. N. Egunov's discussion of the correct translation in Russian of the term "πάνδημος", one of the epithets of the goddess Aphrodite.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 367-375
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian