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Desmond, William (2004) Punishments and the Conclusion of Herodotus’ Histories. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 44 (1). pp. 19-40. ISSN 0017-3916

Desmond, William (2005) The hybris of Socrates: A Platonic 'revaluation of values' in the Symposium. Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society2005 . pp. 43-63.

Desmond, William (2007) The Silence of Socrates: Dialectic and the Platonic Good. Milltown Studies, 58 . pp. 73-99. ISSN 0032-1428

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