The Trial and Execution of Socrates

Outside of his Republic, the most widely read of Plato's dialogues are the three that cover the trial of Socrates: the Euthyphro, the Apology, and the Crito. This collection includes these three, and the death scene from the Phaedo, as well other ancient sources that shed light on Socrates' trial and execution. In addition the editors have included some of the best recent scholarship on this philosophically and
historically momentous event. For the first time, students will have in one place all the ancient sources on Socrates' death, both those of his critics and his defenders, as well as recent scholarly views.