Title: Why Socrates died
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.
Subjects: Trials, litigation, Death and burial, Procès, instances, Mort et sépulture, History, Philosophers, Biography, Histoire, Philosophes, Biographies
Places: Greece, Grèce
People: Socrates, Socrate
Time periods: Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C., 404-362 av. J.-C. (Hégémonies de Sparte et de Thèbes)