Why Socrates died dispelling the myths

• Main Author: Waterfield, Robin 1952- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Faber and Faber c2009
• Subjects: Σωκράτης, > 469 π.Χ.-399 π.Χ. > Θάνατος και ταφή; Σωκράτης, > 469 π.Χ.-399 π.Χ. > Δίκη, αμφισβήτηση, κλπ.
• Physical Description: xxv, 253 p. ill., maps 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index.
• ISBN: 9780571235506

Robin Waterfield presents Socrates as a deeply moral thinker whose convictions stood in stark relief to those of his former disciple, Alcibiades, the hawkish and self-serving military leader. Refusing to surrender his beliefs even in the face of death, Socrates was determined to save his native Athens even as the city-state was tearing itself apart and falling into moral decline.