As an essential companion to Plato's Apology and Crito, Socrates Against Athens provides valuable historical and cultural context to our understanding of the tr

When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public’s blame was directed at Socrates, a man

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects.

An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophe