30-04-2024  Newsroom email: info@pronews.gr
	   
How Plato, the great philosopher spent his last night - What discovered papyri
revealed - Decoded passages of the papyrus also indicate the exact location of
his burial.           
	   
According to the Guardian - Italian scientists have discovered that the ancient
papyrus in question contained a hitherto unknown account describing how despite
the fact that he was burning with fever and on the verge of death Plato seems
to have had mental clarity.
            
Presenting the findings of the research at the National Library of Naples
Professor Graziano Ranocchia of the University of Pisa who led the team
responsible for deciphering the papyrus called the discovery important. The
text also revealed that Plato was sold as a slave on the island of Aegina
possibly as early as 404 BC when the Spartans captured the island or
alternatively in 399 BC shortly after the death of Socrates.