This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the
preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and
Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchinson, and C. D. C. Reeve. Reeve's
Introduction provides a wealth of historical information about
Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. His
introductory essay looks closely at the dialogues themselves and
includes the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love;
Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the
Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained;
and Writing about Love.