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Socrates and Plato - Writing and Reality

Many Greek writers interpreted the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C., but Plato's The Apology of Socrates offers the most accurate depiction of the event. Approach this canonic text as a philosophical courtroom drama with significant parallels to Greek tragedy.

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