The Melian Dialogue

The Melian Dialogue is a link between Euripides and Plato. Its unique form and planned place in the center of Thucydides' completed history emphasizes the tragic antinomy of the Greek situation: the insoluble conflict of the two complementary political institutions and philosophies of the small...

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Published in:Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 1947-01, Vol.78, p.18-36
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