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Apology

by Plato

Reading #30 ("Memorabilia 2", 2025)


Abstract

Socrates responds to the charges against him in court, culiminating in a forceful defense that breaks the mold of typical Athenian forensic oration.

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authors Plato
literary form oration
genres forensic
subjects philosophy, social contract, political philosophy, ethics
period Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE, 4th c. BCE
language Ancient Greek, Attic Greek
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