Menexenus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Menexenus, credited to Plato (Πλάτων), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Menexenus by Plato (Πλάτων). (Translated by Benjamin Jowett.) Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards Menexenus (ΜΕΝΕΞΕΝΟΣ) is thought to have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue consists of Socrates (ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ) recounting a funeral oration he claims to have learned from the female philosopher Aspasia (ΑΣΠΑΣΙΑ) who may have been wealthy, a courtesan or both. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Menexenus
• Author credits: Plato (Πλάτων)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 1
• Listed recording duration: 41:21

Catalogue topics

• Greek
• plato
• funeral
• philsophy

Track guide

1. 01 - Menexenus (Text 517) — 41:21

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