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The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption of the youth of the city-state; the accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates: "failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges" and "introducing new deities".
The trial of Socrates took place in 399 BC. Attended by the Ancient Greek philosophers Plato (who was a student of Socrates') and Xenophon, it resulted in the death of Socrates, who was sentenced to drink the poison hemlock. The trial is chronicled in the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.
Socratic dialogues (logos sokratikos) was a term coined by Aristotle to describe this newly formed literary genre. [5] While the exact dates of their composition are unknown, some were probably written after Socrates's death. [6] As Aristotle first noted, the extent to which the dialogues portray Socrates authentically is a matter of some ...
The Apology of Socrates, by the philosopher Plato (429–347 BC), was one of many explanatory apologiae about Socrates's legal defence against accusations of corruption and impiety; most apologiae were published in the decade after the Trial of Socrates (399 BC). [5] As such, Plato's Apology of Socrates is an early philosophic defence of ...
Four Greek philosophers: Socrates, Antisthenes, Chrysippos, Epicurus; British Museum. Socrates, believed to have been born in Athens in the 5th century BC, marks a watershed in ancient Greek philosophy. Athens was a center of learning, with sophists and philosophers traveling from across Greece to teach rhetoric, astronomy, cosmology, and geometry.
The Death of Socrates (French: La Mort de Socrate) is an oil on canvas painted by French painter Jacques-Louis David in 1787. The painting was part of the neoclassical style, popular in the 1780s, that depicted subjects from the Classical age , in this case the story of the execution of Socrates as told by Plato in his Phaedo . [ 1 ]
"The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Isaacson, Walter (February 18, 2011). "Book Review - The Hemlock Cup - Biography of Socrates - By Bettany Hughes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Lazarus, Jonathan E. (March 13, 2011). " 'The Hemlock Cup': A book ...
Plato has Alcibiades give the following account of the retreat of the Athenians at Delium, and Socrates' own actions then: Furthermore, men, it was worthwhile to behold Socrates when the army retreated in flight from Delium; for I happened to be there on horseback and he was a hoplite.