[aristeides]

Have you read Plato in Greek? I consider the prose of Plato (as well as the prose of Herodotus) to be among the most pleasing in all literature, in terms of style.

By the way, Cicero, who was no mean stylist himself, was qualified to judge prose style.

[Calvin Locke]

I consider the prose of Plato to be among the most pleasing in all literature, in terms of style.

May be, but he doesn't translate well. And his philosphy, well, any one that would ban Homer is just plain green with envy.

Now, banning Hollywoodizations of Homer, that's a different, um, story.

[CatoRenasci]

No, only in translation I'm afraid. I've read at least two different English translations of most of the dialogues, and probably four of the Republic. I have yet to find one that would suggest Plato was anything of a stylist. My Greek-reading friends tend to be divided on his style: those (a minority) who like his philosophy tend to like his style, those who find him disagreeable as a philosopher almost all dislike his style.

I agree about Cicero being a great Latin stylist.