《美涅克塞努篇》 (希腊语 :Μενέξενоς )是苏格拉底 的哲学语录集 (Σωκρατικὸς λόγος ),由柏拉图 记载。它与《大希庇亚斯 》《小希庇亚斯 》和《埃奥恩 》一同构成第七四联剧 。《美涅克塞努篇》是一篇长篇葬礼辞 ,讽刺了伯利克里 在修昔底德 为伯罗奔尼撒战争 的辩解。其中的两个主角是苏格拉底和美涅克塞努 ,有关美涅克塞努的语录还记录在柏拉图的《吕西斯篇 》和《斐多篇 》中,其中,《吕西斯篇》中称他为笛摩奉 之子。《美涅克塞努篇》被认为是柏拉图对话录中十分独特的一篇:《美涅克塞努篇》虽然属于“对话录”,但其实主要为个人的阐述。有研究认为,《美涅克塞努篇》也许是柏拉图对修昔底德所引伯里克利葬礼演说的回应篇。
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Plato, Appendix, Introduction, & English translation (页面存档备份 ,存于互联网档案馆 ) by Benjamin Jowett (~1892), – Project Gutenberg EBook (英文) — Same Menexenus . 维基文库 (英文) .
Plato, Annotated English translation (页面存档备份 ,存于互联网档案馆 ) by Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb , Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 (1925), Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., – Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University (英文)
Plato, Audio Book(s) - English translation by Benjamin Jowett , – Internet Archive, Community Audio, mp3 (64kp/128kp/Ogg Vorbis) (英文)
Plato, Ancient Greek (页面存档备份 ,存于互联网档案馆 ), – Poesia latina, Greco interattivo (古希腊文)
Schofield, Malcolm (edt); translations by Tom Griffith. Plato: Gorgias, Menexenus, Protagoras (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought). Cambridge University Press. 2009: 264. ISBN 9780521837293 (英语) .
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