Socrates In The Iliad

In the accounts of the Apology, we hear of the epic trial, that led Socrates, the father of Philosophy to his death. We have a continuation of the Greek question, what makes us human? The answer to that question which sets us apart from animals, is that we know we are going to die. Yet, we do not know when, therefore this odd, relationship with death is what makes us Human. This argument just presented, is that of the struggle that Achilles had throughout the Iliad. Antigone, written by Sophocles asks a new question, what makes this human life worth living, why, by our actions and how to treat and act towards others is what defines what makes us human, these two stories led up to the question that Socrates asks throughout his occupation, how …show more content…
However, Socrates should, but doesn’t stop there. He continues on wanting to tell every person in the audience what it is that he does and what really matters in life. It is now his time to talk and he is going to talk about, what he wants to talk about. This is the truth if the matter, men of Athens: wherever a man has taken a position that he believes to be best or has been places by his commander, there he must think I remain and face danger, without a thought for death or anything else, rather than disgrace. Socrates has now decided that he now just wants to talk. He talks of Achilles going to avenge Patroclus and meet Hector in battle, in a certain sense as Patroclus was a part of Achilles and Patroclus's died. Part of Socrates must die. Also, can't we look at it in the way that Achilles did. Achilles knew that the only way to "eternal Life", through his name was through a valiant death, maybe the same goes for Socrates, the idea of examining the life and trying to achieve human excellence for the greater good was an idea that he wanted to live on and he too could only do thus by dying a valiant death. We are still reading about the life of Socrates