Theages

Theages (Greek: Θεάγης, also known as "On Wisdom: Obstetric" (H ΠΈΡΙ ΣΟΦΙΑΣ᾽ ΜΑΙΕΥΤΙΚΟΣ)^[1]) is a dialogue attributed to Plato, featuring Demodocus, Socrates and Theages. There is debate over its authenticity;^[2] W. R. M. Lamb draws this conclusion from his opinion that the work is inferior and un-Socratic, but acknowledges that it was universally regarded as authentic in antiquity.^[3]

^ Plato; Fowler, Harold North; Lamb, W. R. M. (Walter Rangeley Maitland); Bury, Robert Gregg (1914). Plato, with an English translation. Pratt - University of Toronto. London : Heinemann; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press.
^ Richard Kraut, in The Cambridge Companion to Plato (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 35.
^ Lamb, Introduction to the Theages, in Plato XII (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927).

[1] Plato; Fowler, Harold North; Lamb, W. R. M. (Walter Rangeley Maitland); Bury, Robert Gregg (1914). Plato, with an English translation. Pratt - University of Toronto. London : Heinemann; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press.

[2] Richard Kraut, in The Cambridge Companion to Plato (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 35.

[3] Lamb, Introduction to the Theages, in Plato XII (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927).

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