Translation of the Myth of Er (Plato, Republic, 614b-621c)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17851/1983-3636.14.2.111-124Keywords:
Plato, Republic, Myth of ErAbstract
This text aims to offer a Portuguese translation of the Myth of Er, with which Plato concludes the Republic. The edition of the Greek text is the one established by Siem Slings in the collection Oxford Classical Texts (Platonis Respublica, Oxford University Press, 2003). The sole purpose of the footnotes is to justify some translation options.
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