Over at r/AYearOfMythology we will be starting our final read-along of 2023 soon, with Plato’s ‘Republic’. For those of you who are interested in mythology, history, or philosophy this read may be of interest.

‘Republic’ as a text dates to around 375 BCE. It was written in a literary format we don’t see much of these days – the ‘dialogue’ which is (roughly) a textual version of a philosophical or political debate. The text features an imagined version of Plato’s real-life teacher, Socrates, as he discusses the ethics of justice in both the private and political spheres. For those of you who have been following our subreddit for the mythology, ‘Republic’ also has a lot of stories for us to enjoy, so don’t be worried.

Our read-along will be starting during the week of the 22nd of October 2023. Our schedule is available here and in our sidebar. We have a 'Quick Translation Guide' post available here. There are ten ‘books’ (aka chapters) within the Republic. Each week we will be reading the specified ‘books. Every weekend from the 28th of October to the 16th of December we will be posting discussion posts where we will discuss that week’s reading material.

We will be posting a fuller context post at the start of the read-along, so that those who wish to can begin the text with some (spoiler free) background information.

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