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Menexenus

Plato · 386 BC

A classical Greek philosophical dialogue by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, presenting a parody of the Athenian funeral oration in which Socrates recites a speech praising Athens, preceded by an introduction discussing the genuineness of Plato's disputed writings.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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