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Plato the Myth Maker
AuthorLuc Brisson
Original titlePlaton, les mots et les mythes
TranslatorGerard Naddaf
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Maspero
Publication date
1982
Published in English
1 May 1998
Pages238
ISBN9782707113269

Plato the Myth Maker (French: Platon, les mots et les mythes, lit. 'Plato, the words and the myths') is a book by the Canadian historian and anthropologist Luc Brisson, published in 1982. An English translation was published in 1998.

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