Olympiodorus (c. 500–570 CE) was one of the latest non-Christian teachers of pagan philosophy in Alexandria.Michael Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

“[Michael Griffin] has taken on the thankless task of the translator with commendable enthusiasm, thoroughness and accuracy; the resulting volume is, like its predecessor, a labor of love … G.’s translation, based on the second printing of Westerink’s (1956) Greek text and supplemented with only a few emendations by G. himself or earlier editors such as Creuzer, is of the highest quality. It presents a readable and accurate rendering of Olympiodorus’ Greek, while taking pains to approximate the lively, colloquial tone of Platonic dialogue wherever the Alcibiades is quoted in the commentary.

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Olympiodorus (c. 500–570 CE) was one of the latest non-Christian teachers of pagan philosophy in Alexandria.Michael Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

“[Michael Griffin] has taken on the thankless task of the translator with commendable enthusiasm, thoroughness and accuracy; the resulting volume is, like its predecessor, a labor of love … G.’s translation, based on the second printing of Westerink’s (1956) Greek text and supplemented with only a few emendations by G. himself or earlier editors such as Creuzer, is of the highest quality. It presents a readable and accurate rendering of Olympiodorus’ Greek, while taking pains to approximate the lively, colloquial tone of Platonic dialogue wherever the Alcibiades is quoted in the commentary.

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Olympiodorus (c. 500–570 CE) was one of the latest non-Christian teachers of pagan philosophy in Alexandria.Michael Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

“[Michael Griffin] has taken on the thankless task of the translator with commendable enthusiasm, thoroughness and accuracy; the resulting volume is, like its predecessor, a labor of love … G.’s translation, based on the second printing of Westerink’s (1956) Greek text and supplemented with only a few emendations by G. himself or earlier editors such as Creuzer, is of the highest quality. It presents a readable and accurate rendering of Olympiodorus’ Greek, while taking pains to approximate the lively, colloquial tone of Platonic dialogue wherever the Alcibiades is quoted in the commentary.

• ConventionsTextual EmendationsIntroductionTranslator's NoteTranslationNotesSelect BibliographyEnglish-Greek GlossaryGreek-English IndexIndex of NamesSubject Index