History 101 Library Activities: Trial and Execution of Socrates
Trial and Execution of Socrates-Starting Places
Who is Socrates and why is he on trial in the first place? And why was his execution such a big deal? Get the scoop on the man and his demise right here.
Print Sources:
Athens: A portrait of the City in its Golden Age - DF 227 M4313 1998
Peloponnesian War - DF 229 T75 2004 (Contains chapter War, Philosophy, and Sokrates)
Socrates: A Man for our Times - B 317 J65 2011
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction - B 317 T24 2000
Electronic Sources:
- Socrates Biography and brief description of Socrates' beliefs and inquiries. From the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Trial and Execution of Socrates - Plantiffs and the Defense
What were the charges about Socrates and were they justified?
Print Sources:
Trial of Socrates - B 317 S76 1988
Electronic Sources:
- Greece: Sophists: Did the Sophists Exercise a Pernicious Influence on Greek Culture? From the series "History in Dispute"
- Politics and Society in Ancient Greece Specifically Chapter 4 on Conflict, Trials, and Ostracism as it has a large section on the trial of Socrates.
- Politics in Athens Description of political movements in Athens preceding and following Socrates.
- Studies in Violence, Mimesis and Culture : Sacrifice of Socrates Ebook on viewpoints of chroniclers on trial and execution.
Trial and Execution of Socrates - Socrates and did he really say that?
Socrates probably had an opinion about his trial and execution--he certainly had an opinion about just about everything else, after all! Problem is, most of what we know comes secondhand from Plato. Was he accurate? Did anyone else have something to say about what was going on?
Print Sources:
Plato's Socrates - B 317 B69 1994
Electronic Sources:
- Greece: Plato as an Aristocrat: Was Plato an Aristocratic Sympathizer with the Oligarchic Factions Within the Athenian State? From the series "History in Dispute."
- Plato From the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Life and teachings of one of Socrates' most famous students.
Trial and Execution of Socrates - After the Execution
What was the impact of the death of Socrates? Was Athens happy with the trial's outcome? How did it impact philosophy and inquiry in Athens and throughout the Hellenic world?
Print Sources:
Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History - DF 77 A595 1999 (End of Chapter 8 and Chapter 9)
Electronic Sources:
- Fifth- to Fourth-Century BCE Philosophical Developments From the World History Encyclopedia, discussion of Socrates and the influence he had on later philosophers.
- Socrates From the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, especially final section on later influences.
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