The Phaedrus (/ ˈfiːdrəs /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. [1] .

Thamus and Theuth (Phaedrus 274b–278d) Socrates is having a conversation with his young pupil, Phaedrus under a plane-tree, by the banks of the Ilisses. Socrates presents the myth following a discussion of what forms of rhetoric and writing are pleasing to the gods.

Thamus was the king of the whole country of Egypt; and he dwelt in that great city of Upper Egypt which the Hellenes call Egyptian Thebes, and the god himself is called by them Ammon.

Jan 20, 2015 · One day, Theuth visited Thamus, King of Egypt, urging him to disseminate the arts around Egypt. For each art that Theuth presented, Thamus offered his praise and criticism. When it came to writing, Theuth said:

You will find in Plato’s Phaedrus a story about Thamus, the king of a great city of Upper Egypt. For people such as ourselves, who are inclined (in Thoreau’s phrase) to be tools of our tools, few legends are more instructive than his.

Jul 23, 2009 · What did Thamus (King) decide to do & how is his decision about writing crucial to describing inventions?

Now the king of the whole country at that time was Thamus, who dwelt in the great city of Upper Egypt which the Greeks call Egyptian Thebes, while Thamus they call Ammon. To him came Theuth, and revealed his arts, saying that they ought to be passed on to the Egyptians in general.

Sep 30, 2012 · The Judgement of Thamus may remain inaccessible to us if we cannot access memory and wisdom ourselves. What does this mean for education? Postman clearly feels that the wrong questions are being asked about the best uses of technology in the classrooms.

But Thamus replied, “Most ingenious Theuth, one man has the ability to beget arts, but the ability to judge of their usefulness or harmfulness to their users belongs to another; Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler.

Thamus. In Egyptian mythology, Thamus or Ammon is the king of the gods. In Socrates's parable of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus, Thamus criticizes the god Theuth's enthusiasm for the supposed benefits of writing as an elixir (pharmakon in Greek) of memory, claiming instead that the practice of writing will ultimately weaken memory ...