Waterfield, Robin, 1952-

Why Socrates died : dispelling the myths / Robin Waterfield. - First American edition - xxv. 253 pages; cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The trial of Socrates -- Socrates in court -- How the system worked -- The charge of impiety -- The war years -- Alcibiades, Socrates, and the aristocratic milieu -- Pestilence and war -- The rise and fall of Alcibiades -- The end of the war -- Critias and Civil War --- Crisis and conflict -- Symptoms of change -- Reactions to intellectuals -- The condemnation of Socrates -- Socratic politics -- A cock for Asclepius.

9780393065275 (hardcover)

2009004317


Socrates--Trials, litigation, etc.
Socrates--Death and burial.

B316 / .W38 2009

183/.2 B