The Death of Socrates
by Emily Wilson
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The Greek philosopher and teacher Socrates was the first person in the western tradition to be killed for asking too many questions. Charged with religious unorthodoxy and corrupting the young, he was sentenced to death by the judges of democratic Athens.Tags
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Emily Wilson is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her other books include, as translator, Homer's Odyssey and Six Tragedies by Seneca.
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- Canonical title
- The Death of Socrates
- Original title
- The Death of Socrates
- People/Characters
- Socrates (c. 470–399 BC); Xanthippe; Plato, ca. 428-347 BC
- Important places
- Athens, Greece
- Important events
- Death of Socrates
- Dedication
- For Imogen, who always asks, 'Why?'
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