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Why Socrates died : dispelling the myths /

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 dem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waterfield, Robin, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2009]
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Socrates > Trials, litigation, etc.
Socrates > Death and burial.
Philosophers > Greece > Biography.
Philosophers, Ancient > Biography.

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