Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths

by Robin Waterfield

Book Overview

Aware of these myths, Robin Waterfield has examined the actual Greek sources and presents here a new Socrates, in which he separates the legend from the man himself. As Waterfield recounts the story, the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens were already enough for a death sentence, but the prosecutors accused him of more. They asserted that Socrates was not just an atheist and the guru of a weird sect but also an elitist who surrounded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393065278
• ISBN13: 9780393065275
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"