List of Illustrations

Attic Greek Black-figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Princeton Painter, ca. 550–540 BCE. Photograph by Aisha Abdel (2018), Wikimedia, Pulic Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_neck-amphora_of_Panathenaic_shape_(jar)_MET_DP161828_white_balanced_white_bg.png

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Theodoor van Thulden, Telemachus and Ulysses Meet in Eumaeus’ Hut. Photograph by Mr. Nostalgic (2019), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odysseus_en_Telemachus_in_de_hut_van_Eumaeus_De_werken_van_Odysseus_(serietitel),_RP-P-OB-66.764.jpg

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Greek vase, ca. 550 BCE. Photograph by Materia Viva (2010), Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mus%C3%A9e_Saint-Raymond,_26172#/media/File:MSR-26172-MV-R-b.jpg

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Franz Caucig, Socrates with a Disciple and Diotima (1810). Photograph by Sporti (2014), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franc_Kav%C4%8Di%C4%8D_-_Sokrat_z_u%C4%8Dencem_in_Diotimo.jpg#/media/File:Franc_Kavčič_-_Sokrat_z_učencem_in_Diotimo.jpg

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Figure of a boy writing on a kylix, 480 B.C. Photograph by Reame (2019), Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Figura_ragazzo_che_scrive_su_kylix.jpg#/media/File:Figura_ragazzo_che_scrive_su_kylix.jpg

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Josef Abel, Socrates Teaching his Disciples (1807). Photograph by Jarash (2015), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josef_Abel_1807_Socrates_teaching_his_disciples.jpg

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Bust of Athena, of the ‘Velletri Pallas’ type. Copy of the 2nd century CE after a votive statue of Kresilas in Athens (ca. 430–420 BCE). Photograph by Aavindraa (2010), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Athena#/media/File:Bust_Athena_Velletri_Glyptothek_Munich_213.jpg

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Ernst Herter, Amazonenkampf (1891). Photograph by Mutter Erde (2017), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Ernst_Herter_-_Amazonenkampf%2C_c._1891.jpg

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John La Farge, The Relation of the Individual to the State: Socrates and His Friends Discuss ‘The Republic’, as in Plato’s Account, color study for mural (1903). Photograph by Pharos (2017), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Relation_of_the_Individual_to_the_State-_Socrates_and_His_Friends_Discuss_%22The_Republic,%22_as_in_Plato%27s_Account;_Color_Study_for_Mural,_Supreme_Court_Room,_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota_State_Capitol,_Saint_Paul_MET_187194.jpg

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B-side of bell krater with scene of three young men with himatia in an arena. Photograph by Ángel M. Felicísimo (2016), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cr%C3%A1tera_(38877852382).jpg

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Achilles and Ajax playing a board game overseen by Athena (c. 510 BCE). Photograph by Aisha Abdel (2018), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Black-figure_pottery#/media/File:Attic_Black-Figure_Neck_Amphora_-_Achilles_and_Ajax_playing_a_board_game_overseen_by_Athena.jpg

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Fig. 1

The Visible World and the Intelligible World

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Fig. 2

The Visible World (a and b) and the Intelligible World (c and d)

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Fig. 3

The Visible World and the Intelligible World: Belief and Knowledge

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Markus Maurer, drawing of Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave’ with Wikipedia’s logo as the sun (2015). Photograph by Crystallizedcarbon (2015), Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plato_Cave_Wikipedia.gif#/media/File:Plato_Cave_Wikipedia.gif

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M. A. Barth, Return of Peisistratus to Athens with the false Minerva (1838). Photograph by Patna (2018), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Return_of_Peisistratus_to_Athens_with_the_false_Minerva.jpg#/media/File:Return_of_Peisistratus_to_Athens_with_the_false_Minerva.jpg

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Unidentified artist, ‘Image satirique du tennis chez les Anciens’, La revue athlétique, 3 (1890), 169. Photograph by Skblzz1 (2018), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_satirique_du_tennis_chez_les_Anciens_(1890).jpg

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Fig. 4

Müller-Lyer illusion. Photograph by Fibonacci (2007), Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1792612)

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Fig. 5

Müller-Lyer illusion. Photograph by Fibonacci (2007), Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1792612)

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Muse tuning two kitharai. Detail of the interior from an Attic white-ground cup (c. 470–460 BCE). Photograph by Jastrow (2006), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muse_lyre_Louvre_CA482.jpg#/media/File:Muse_lyre_Louvre_CA482.jpg

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Head of Platon, Roman copy. Photograph by Bibi Saint-Pol (2007), Wikimedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_Platon_Glyptothek_Munich_548.jpg#/media/File:Head_Platon_Glyptothek_Munich_548.jpg

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