Bibliograph

Why Socrates died, dispelling the myths, Robin Waterfield

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Why Socrates died, dispelling the myths, Robin Waterfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why Socrates died

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

286488239

Responsibility statement

Robin Waterfield

Sub title

dispelling the myths

Table Of 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

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