Φαῖδρος

Phaedrus

Author

Plato

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

c. 370 BC

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Speech / Dialogue

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The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. Although the dialogue appears to be primarily concerned with the topic of love, the discussion also revolves around the art of rhetoric and how it should be practiced, and dwells on subjects as diverse as metempsychosis and erotic love, and the nature of the human soul shown in the famous chariot allegory.