Why Socrates died
Subtitle: dispelling the myths
By: Robin Waterfield
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780771088513
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Death and burial; Procès, instances; Mort et sépulture; History; Philosophers; Biography; Histoire; Philosophes; Biographies
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 227-245.
Table of contents: title: The trial of Socrates; title: Socrates in court; title: How the system worked; title: The charge of impiety; title: The war years; title: Alcibiades, Socrates, and the aristocratic milieu; title: Pestilence and war; title: The rise and fall of Alcibiades; title: The end of the war; title: Critias and Civil War; title: Crisis and conflict; title: Symptoms of change; title: Reactions to intellectuals; title: The condemnation of Socrates; title: Socratic politics; title: A cock for Asclepius.