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xxv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it, created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since, is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. But an icon, an image, is not reality. The trial was, in part, a response to troubled times, a catastrophic war and turbulent social changes, and so provides a good lens through which to explore the history of the period; the historical facts allow us to strip away some of the veneer that has for so long denied us glimpses of the real Socrates. Written by a scholar, but not only for scholars, this is an accessible, authoritative account of one of the defining periods of Western civilization.
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 -- Glossary.
Includes bibliographical references and index.