| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xxv, 253 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The trial of Socrates -- Socrates in court -- How the system worked -- The charge of impiety -- The war years -- Alcibiades, Socrates, and the aristocratic milieu -- Pestilence and war -- The rise and fall of Alcibiades -- The end of the war -- Critias and Civil War -- Crisis and conflict -- Symptoms of change -- Reactions to intellectuals -- The condemnation of Socrates -- Socratic politics -- A cock for Asclepius. |
| Summary |
A revisionist account of the trial and execution of the philosopher draws on Greek sources to separate truth from myth, offering insight into Socrates' character as a deeply moral thinker whose convictions strongly contrasted those of his former student,Alcibaides. |
| Subject |
Socrates -- Death and burial.
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Socrates -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9780393065275 |
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0393065278 : $27.95 |
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