Socrates and AthensAn exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Socrates is one of the ancient Greeks that everyone has heard of. He is responsible, more than any other individual, for adding a new urgency and vigour to the fundamental questions we ask about our own lives. Socrates, it turns out, was always rather mysterious, and intentionally so. He was more interested in making people think than in telling them what to think. Part of the Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts series, this book helps readers to discover the original Socrates. |
Common terms and phrases
accusers admirable Aeschines Agora agree Alcibiades Anaxagoras ancient Anytus Apology appears argument Aristippus Aristophanes Athenian citizens attack battle believe better Callias CALLICLES Chaerephon charge claim Clouds courage Critias Crito death defend democracy democratic dialogues divine sign endurance evils exile fear friends gentlemen of Athens give gods Gorgias Greek happened harm Heracles historical Socrates hoplite human impiety interlocutor jurors jury kill knowledge Laches lead least live mean Meletus Memorabilia nature Nicias nomos oracle perhaps Pericles Phaedo Pheidippides philosophical Plato Plato and Xenophon Plato's Socrates pleasure poets political POLUS Potidaea presiding committee Presocratic Prodicus Protagoras question recognize refute rule satyr seems seer self-control slander Socrates argues Socrates says Socratic method someone sophists sort Spartans speaking speech STREPSIADES Symposium talking teach tell text box Thirty Tyrants thought trial truth understand virtue vote what’s wisdom wise Xenophon Xenophon's Socrates young Zeus