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The Socrates shelf
The life of Socrates as the people around him told it, from a comedy staged in 423 BC to a prison cell in 399. Some of these are open to read now. The rest are in the press, and each one opens when readers press it.
ΝΝΕΦΕΛΑΙ
The Clouds
Aristophanes
423 BC · the comic Socrates, hung in a basket over the stage
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Phaedrus
Plato
a summer afternoon by the Ilissus · madness, love and the winged soul
read it now
Symposium
Plato · Συμπόσιον
416 BC · the drinking party and Diotima's ladder
read it nowΠΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ
The Republic: the Cave
Plato
a night in the Piraeus · the Cave
in the press · help press itΕΕΥΘΥΦΡΩΝ
Euthyphro
Plato
399 BC · on the way to the charge of impiety
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The Apology of Socrates
Plato
399 BC · the trial
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Crito
Plato
399 BC · the offer of escape
in the press · help press itΦΦΑΙΔΩΝ
Phaedo
Plato
399 BC · the last day
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