A fresh and comprehensive account of the most frequently read work of Greek philosophy, for students and researchers This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy and Classical antiquity. Through the sixteen essays, a multidisciplinary team of authors use a variety of interpretive approaches to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience. Contributors ix Abbreviations xiii Editor's Introduction xv The Protreptic Rhetoric of the Republic 1(26) Harvey Yunis The Place of the Republic in Plato's Political Thought 27(28) Christopher Rowe Rewriting the Poets in Plato's Characters 55(35) David K. O'Connor Wise Guys and Smart Alecks in Republic 1 and 2 90(26) Roslyn Weiss Justice and Virtue: The Republic's Inquiry into Proper Difference 116(22) Aryeh Kosman The Noble Lie 138(27) Malcolm Schofield The Three-Part Soul 165(37) G. R. F. Ferrari Eros in the Republic 202(30) Paul W. Ludwig The Utopian Character of Plato's Ideal City 232(24) Donald R. Morrison Philosophy, the Forms, and the Art of Ruling 256(28) David Sedley Sun and Line: The Role of the Good 284(26) Nicholas Denyer Beginning the ``Longer Way'' 310(35) Mitchell Miller The City-Soul Analogy 345(41) Norbert Blossner The Unhappy Tyrant and the Craft of Inner Rule 386(29) Richard D. Parry What Is Imitative Poetry and Why Is It Bad? 415(30) Jessica Moss The Life-and-Death Journey of the Soul: Interpreting the Myth of Er 445(29) Stephen Halliwell Bibliography 474(37) Index of Passages 511(16) Index of Names and Subjects 527