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Echecrates
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Man to whom Plato's Phaedo, which describes Socrates' death, is directed
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Apollodorus
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One of Socrates' followers who cries at Socrates' death
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Anytus
Definition
The most important of Socrates' three accusers, though he did not himself initiate the prosecution. Appears in Plato's 'Meno." pg. 64
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Official charges
Definition
1. Corrupting the youth
2. Not believing in the city's gods
3. Bringing in new gods
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Unofficial charges
Definition
1. He is a wise man
2. Thinks about things aloft
3. Investigates things below
4. Makes the weaker speech the stronger
5. He is a teacher
6. And an atheist
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Aristophanes
Definition
Portrayed Socrates in his play 'Clouds' - written 24 years before the trial. In 'Clouds' Socrates is shown doing many of the things he is accused of in the unofficial charges. Footnote on pg. 65, pg. 66
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Meletus
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The man who lead the prosecution against Socrates A 'young and unknown' in Athens. pg. 66, etc.
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Gorgias of Leotini, Prodicus of Ceos, & Hippias of Elis
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Sophists (wisemen) of Socrates' time. The most famous of the sophists, Protagoras, was dead by the time of Socrates' trial. Pg. 67
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Calias, son of Hipponicus
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The man who pays for Evenus of Paros to teach his two sons. Pg. 67-8
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Evenus of Paros
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Teacher hired by Callias to teach Callias' two sons. Pg. 68
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Chaerephon
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Socrates' friend who goes to the Delphic Oracle to ask if there is any man wiser than Socrates. Returned from exile. Also a character in 'Clouds.' pg. 69
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The Pythia
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The name of the priestess who delivered Apollo's oracles at Delphi. Pg. 69
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Lycon
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One of Socrates' accusers
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Achilles
Definition
Greek demigod who kills Hector to revenge his friend Patroclus' death. Socrates compares himself to Achilles in his willingness to face death to achieve justice. Pg. 79
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Hector
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The Trojan who is killed by Achilles after he kills Achilles' friend, Patroclus. Pg. 79
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Patroclus
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Achilles' friend who is killed by Hector and who Achilles dies to revenge. Pg. 79
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Antiochs
Definition
Socrates' tribe. Pg. 83
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Theramenes
Definition
The politician who accused the 8 generals of not picking up their dead in the trial that Socrates served as a judge for. Pg. 84 footnote
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Leon of Salamis
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A perfectly just man who was sentenced to death by the oligarchy that ruled for a year five years before Socrates' trial. Pg. 84
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Xenophon
Definition
Socrates' student. Also wrote about Socrates.
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Strepsiades
Definition
Character in the 'Clouds' who mockingly repeats Socrates' treading on the air line at the end of the play. Pg. 66
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Logos
Definition
'Logic' in Greek
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Heracles
Definition
Greek hero
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Logos
Definition
'Logic' in Greek
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Anaxagoras
Definition
Taught the nature of things without referring to the city's gods (moon = rock). Fled Athens to avoid persecution. Pg. 76
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Potidea, Amphipolis, Delium
Definition
Places where Socrates was stationed as a soldier
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Hades
Definition
Pluto - Greek god of the underworld
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Alcibiades
Definition
Knew Socrates as a youth, his scandalous composure was part of what contributed to popular suspicion of Socrates. Betrayed Athens, convicted to death, self-exiled, went to Sparta to help fight against Athens, went back to Athens, and was re-exiled. Pg. 85
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Critobulus, Lysanias the Cephisean, Theozotides, Demodocus, Adeimantus, Plato, Aeantodoru, Apollodorus
Definition
Socrates' followers who were present at his trial
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Critias and Charmides
Definition
Two former associates of Socrates, involved in the infamous oligarchy of the Thirty. Greedy, murderous. both died violently
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Prytaneum
Definition
One of the most holy places in Athens, where Socrates suggests he should be sent as 'punishment.'
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Minos, Rhadamanthys, Aeacus, Triptolemus
Definition
Great and mythical judges
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Orpheus, Musaeus, Hesoid, Homer
Definition
Four seminal poets of the Greeks
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Palamedes and Telemonian Ajax
Definition
Two who died because of unjust judgements
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Agamemnon
Definition
Led the campaign in the Iliad and quarreled with Achilles.
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Sisyphus
Definition
In Hades labors to roll a heavy stone over a hill but it always rolls down again.
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Crito
Definition
A sober well-to-do friend of Socrates. They are friends of proximity. The man with whom Socrates converses in 'Crito.'
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Simmias of Thebes and Cebes
Definition
Followers of Socrates
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