Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Siting Plato 1
5. Part One. Aspects of the Athenian Civic Self-Image
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Allure of Harmodius and Aristogeiton: Public/Private Relations in the Athenian Democratic Imaginary 21
7. CHAPTER TWO. Citizen as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker) 51
8. CHAPTER THREE. Citizen as Erastēs (Lover): Erotic Imagery and the Idea of Reciprocity in the Periclean Funeral Oration 64
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Citizen as Theate¯s (Theater-Goer): Performing Unity, Reciprocity, and Strong-Mindedness in the City Dionysia 88
10. Part Two. Plato’s Democratic Entanglements
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Unsettling the Orthodoxy 113
12. CHAPTER SIX. Philosopher as Parrhe¯siaste¯s (Frank Speaker) 154
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Remembering Pericles: The Political and Theoretical Import of Plato’s Menexenus 181
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Theory and Theatricality 206
15. Citation Index 239
16. General Index 245