From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
The dramatic story of Socrates, sources and approach
Athena's City. The water-clock: time to be judged
The first blood sacrifice
Checks, balances and magic-men
Peitho, the power of persuasion
Socrates as a Young Man. Alopeke: a philosopher is born
Kerameikos, potters and beautiful boys
Pericles: high society, and democracy as high theatre
Delos and the birth of an empire
Paddling in the river, sweating in the gym: Socratic youth
Gym-hardened fighting men
Aspasia: Sophe Kai Politike, wise and politically astute. Socrates the Soldier. Samos
New Gods, New Possibilities: Socrates in Middle Age. Silver Owls and a wise owl
Democracy, liberty and freedom of speech
Gnothi Seauton: know yourself
Aristocrats, democrats and the realities of war
The Fight Goes On. The Peloponnesian War, phase two, a messy siege
Socrates and Love. Socrates in the symposium
Oh, tell me the truth about love
Diotima, a very social priestess
Alcibiades: violet-crowned, punch-drunk
Cutting Down the Tallest Corn. Melos
Priest of nonsense: playing with fire
Decelea, closing down the mines
Arginusae, standing out in the crowd
The Trial and Death of Socrates. The scapegoat
Twilight and Delos at dawn
The tomb of Socrates, the Tower of the Winds
Mysteria, the Eleusinian mysteries.
The dramatic story of Socrates: sources and approach
New gods, new possibilities: Socrates in middle age
Cutting down the tallest corn
The trial and death of Socrates.
