Menexenus (Plato)

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Platonic dialogue Socratic dialogue

Menexenus (Plato) is one of Plato’s shorter Socratic dialogues, notable for its satirical treatment of Athenian funeral orations and reflections on rhetoric and civic identity.

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Label Occurrences
Menexenus 4
Menexenus (Plato) canonical 1
Menexenus (Platonic character) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
Socratic dialogue ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 4th century BCE ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralEpisode mock funeral oration ⓘ
concerns Athenian democratic ideology ⓘ
public commemoration of war dead ⓘ
use of myth in politics ⓘ
contains parodic funeral speech ⓘ
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
examines relationship between philosophy and politics ⓘ
relationship between rhetoric and truth ⓘ
featuresCharacter Menexenus (Plato) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Menexenus (character)

Socrates ⓘ
genre philosophical dialogue ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasReceptionIn classical scholarship ⓘ
modern political theory discussions of nationalism ⓘ
historicalContext Classical Athens ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainTheme Athenian civic identity ⓘ
funeral orations ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
philosophicalFocus critique of rhetoric ⓘ
examination of civic education ⓘ
questioning of Athenian self‑image ⓘ
questions sincerity of patriotic discourse ⓘ
value of conventional epideictic oratory ⓘ
relatedWork Gorgias ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
structure introductory conversation followed by a long speech ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
Athenian rhetorical tradition ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs later dialogue of Plato ⓘ
transmittedIn Platonic corpus ⓘ

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Subject: Menexenus (Plato)
Description of subject: Menexenus (Plato) is one of Plato’s shorter Socratic dialogues, notable for its satirical treatment of Athenian funeral orations and reflections on rhetoric and civic identity.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Μενέξενoς → appearsIn → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
Μενέξενoς → hasCharacterNamedAfter → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus (Platonic character)
Μενέξενoς → notableBearer → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus of Athens
Μενέξενoς → notableBearer → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus (associate of Socrates)
Platonic corpus → containsWork → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus
Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus
Lysis → featuresCharacter → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus
writings of Plato → containsWork → Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menexenus
Menexenus (Plato) → featuresCharacter → Menexenus (Plato) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Menexenus
this entity surface form: Menexenus (character)