Plato and Xenophon: Apologies

Plato and Xenophon: Apologies compares two key dialogues on the death of Socrates, including the hard-to-find Xenophons Apology. Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth of ancient Athens and was tried, convicted, imprisoned, and executed. Both Plato and Xenophon make clear that the charges were not brought forward in the spirit of true piety, and that Socrates was a man of real virtue and beneficence. To this day, his trial and execution remain a mark upon the democracy that put him to death.