''Demodocus'' (; el, Δημόδοκος) is purported to be one of the dialogues of Plato. The dialogue is extant and was included in the Stephanus edition published in Geneva in 1578. It is now generally acknowledged to be a fabrication by a late sophist or rhetorician, probably later than mid-fourth century BC.John Madison Cooper, D. S. Hutchinson, (1997), ''Plato, Complete works'', page 1699. Hackett Publishing. It appears to be a combination of two separate works. The first part is a

monologue In theatre, a monologue (from el, μονόλογος, from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes a ...

(addressed to Demodocus), which argues against collective decision-making. There then follows a trilogy of

dialogue Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is c ...

s (with anonymous participants) which raise three elements of doubt against common sense.

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''Demodocus''
translated by George Burges
Free public domain audiobook version of ''Demodocus
translated by George Burges * . Collection includes Demodocus. George Burges, translator (1855). Dialogues of Plato Pseudepigraphy Greek pseudepigrapha {{philo-book-stub