Socrates and Athens
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Socrates and Athens
(Inside the ancient world)
Bristol Classical, 1986, c1973
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Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1973
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Socrates and Athens, Meg parker attempts to show us the true Socrates beneath the myth that has grown around him since his death. After a short biographical introduction, she discusses such matters as the role of sophists and Socrates' sense of divine mission; life and government in Athens, and on Socrates and his friends. She examines Socrates' trial and imprisonment and attitudes to death using quotation from original sources as much as possible to tell the story. Finally she considers Socrates' influence on his Athenian contemporaries and successors.
Table of Contents
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1. Who was Socrates?
2 The questioner and the quest
3 Athens in Socrates' day
4 Socrates and his friends
5 Trial
6 Imprisonment
7 Death
8 The influence of Socrates
Index
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