The Handbook of Platonism [Paperback]

John Dillon presents the first English translation of Alcinous'sHandbook of Platonism, accompanied by an introduction and a philosophical commentary that reveal the intellectual background to the ideas in the work. TheHandbookpurports to be an introduction to the doctrines of Plato, but in fact gives us an excellent survey of Platonist thought in the second century A.D.

A superb translation of, and commentary upon, theDidaskalikos....Highly recommended for libraries and students of Greco-Roman philosophy. --Religious Studies Review