Plato, Locri and “the Flower of Italy”: Revaluating an “Ancient” Epithet.

The article "Plato, Locri and 'the Flower of Italy': Revaluating an 'Ancient' Epithet" by Edward J. Creedy explores the historical significance of the Greek colony of Epizephyrian Locris, known as Locri by the Romans. The article discusses the positive reputation of Locri as "the flower of Italy" attributed to Plato, but reveals that this epithet actually originated from the writings of the Italian scholar Leandro Alberti in the sixteenth century. The article examines Plato's references to Locri in his works and concludes that the title "the flower of Italy" was an Albertian attribution rather than a Platonic one. [Extracted from the article]