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Theages also known as "On Wisdom: Obstetric" (H ΠΈΡΙ ΣΟΦΙΑΣ᾽ ΜΑΙΕΥΤΙΚΟΣ)

Theages (Greek: Θεάγης) is a dialogue attributed to Plato, featuring Demodocus, Socrates and Theages. There is debate over its authenticity, as the work been deemed inferior and un-Socratic by modern scholars, though it was universally regarded as authentic in antiquity (Dercylides and Thrasylus). The text contains the longest description of Socrates' daimonion in the Platonic canon.

Textual Tradition
The Theages has been preserved in 37 known manuscripts, as well as a number of early print editions and a 15th century translation into Latin. Three manuscripts are believed to be the oldest and most reliable: Clarkianus 39 (B), Venetus App. Cl. 4.1. (T), and Vindobonensis suppl. gr. 7 (W). The Clarkianus, now at Oxford, was produced in 895 CE and is considered the most complete of these manuscripts, which date to c. 950 CE and and c. 1000 CE, respectively. The first printed edition is dated to 1513 in Venice, and was edited by Marcus Musurus.

Primary Sources:

 * Mark Joyal, The Platonic Theages: An Introduction, Commentary and Critical Edition, F. Steiner (2000)

Secondary Sources:

 * SETH GABRIELITO BENARDETE, THE DAIMONION OF SOCRATES: A STUDY OF PLATO'S "THEAGES," M.A. Thesis, University of Chicago (1953)
 * William S. Cobb, "Plato's Theages," Ancient Philosophy, 12.2 (1992), pp. 267-284
 * Mark Joyal, "Problems and interpretation in the Platonic Theages," Wiener Studien, Vol. 129 (2016), pp. 93-154
 * Mark Joyal, "The "Theages" Papyri," Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 139 (2002), pp. 43-45
 * Mark Joyal, "Notes on [Plato], 'Theages,'" Mnemosyne, Fourth Series, Vol. 44, Fasc. 3/4 (1991), pp. 419-425
 * Kurt Lampe, "RATIONALITY, EROS, AND DAEMONIC INFLUENCE IN THE PLATONIC "THEAGES" AND THE ACADEMY OF POLEMO AND CRATES," The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 134, No. 3 (FALL 2013), pp. 383-424
 * John M. Rist, "Plotinus and the "Daimonion" of Socrates," Phoenix, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring, 1963), pp. 13-24