A general portrait of Athenian. Athenian polis and its residents in the light of selected Platonic dialogues Cover Image

Ateńczyków portret zbiorowy. Ateńska polis i jej mieszkańcy w świetle wybranych dialogów Platona
A general portrait of Athenian. Athenian polis and its residents in the light of selected Platonic dialogues

Author(s): Anna Głodowska
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Political history, Social history, Ancient World
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: Platonic dialogues; Athenian democracy; Athenians; the trial of Socrates

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is the answer to the question how Plato perceived Athenian democracy and its residents. At the beginning of this paper some fragments of the Plato’s dialogues, which bring some information about different aspects of living in Athenian polis and personality traits as a certain community, were discussed. In another part of this paperthe characters of three dialogues: Protagoras, Symposium and the Apology of Socrates,were analysed to present a complex and ambiguous image of Athenians, which emergeafter reading works of Plato.

  • Issue Year: 19/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 61-78
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish