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Eighteen ''Epigrams'' are attributed to Plato, most of them considered spurious. These are short poems suitable for dedicatory purposes written in the form of elegiac couplets.〔John Madison Cooper, D. S. Hutchinson, (1997), ''Plato, Complete works'', page 1742. Hackett Publishing.〕 ==Figures mentioned== Notable figures referenced in the epigrams include: *Dion, the political figure of Syracuse whose campaign is discussed at length in the Platonic ''Epistles'', mourned in Epigram 3. *Phaedrus and Agathon, two Classical Athenians featured in the Socratic dialogues, mentioned in Epigrams 4 and 6 respectively. *Xanthippe, perhaps the wife of Socrates,〔 a lover mentioned in Epigram 8. *Sappho, the Archaic poet celebrated as the tenth Muse in Epigram 16. *Aristophanes, the Classical comic playwright described reverently as inspired by the Graces in Epigram 18. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epigrams (Plato)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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