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Plato, Menexenus
the Menexenus
also: Epitaphio, funeral oration, Menexenus
Plato's dialogue containing a parody-funeral oration (epitaphios) attributed to Aspasia, from which Cicero quotes the praise of the man who rests all that bears on the happy life within himself and yields to the old precept of moderation in joy and grief.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §5.36 how does the same man speak in the funeral oration?
Plato's Menexenus, which contains a parody funeral oration (epitaphios). Cicero quotes its praise of the self-sufficient man who rests all his hopes within himself and so neither rejoices nor grieves to excess.