The Platonic Dialogue Hipparchus: Translation and Commentary

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Charlotte Schubert
• Subject Area: Ancient History
• Term: from 2015 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 274086106

The aim of the project is a translation with introduction and commentary of the Platonic dialogue Hipparchus. Based on the historicizing excursus, which has given the dialogue its name, a comparative analysis of the tradition concerning the tyrant Hipparchus as a sage, his erection of herms with epigrams in Attica, and his murder by Harmodios and Aristogeiton will show that the excursus has numerous references to early hellenenistic historiography.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants