Alcibiades

give him private instruction instead of bringing him to court (A-39).This demonstrates how the Athenian population used the law incorrectly despite living in a democratic society. The Athenians often associated Socrates with the tyrants Alcibiades and Critias. Alcibiades loved Socrates and horses…

This passage starts out with Aristodemus wondering where Socrates is going since he is all dressed up. Socrates says that he is going to dinner at Agathon’s house. Socrates then invites Aristodemus to come along. When they arrive, Aristodemus is the only one to enter the house while Socrates stops and goes into deep thought. Agathon invites him over to the couch and Aristodemus insists that Socrates will come in soon and not to bother him. They follow his advice and Socrates comes in a short…

It was published in the First Folio in the year of 1623. There are 3 main characters; Timon, Flavius, and Alcibiades. Timon is a rich and kind lord living in Athens. He likes to spend money for no reasons and loves to give it to others. He can give anything to his friends in order to make them happy. However, his steward and one friend, Flavius and Alcibiades, have warned him so many times about how he spends money and how he spends money in this way. Unfortunately, those words come…

Ancient Athenian Democracy Concludes an Unjustified Verdict of a Futuristic and Wise Man A court case requires evidence, accusers, the accused, and the jury. What links all these components together is a matter of persuasion through cross examining to prove the accused innocent or felonious. A court case also represents a cities governing and regulating systems efficiency. In the Trial of Socrates, one will come to discover the deficiencies of the accusers, Meletus, Lycon, and Anytus’ charges…

the assembly to launch a campaign. The biggest one Greek has ever seen. Alcibiades was overthrown, but the damage had been done. There was no going back, the Athens were in a full on war with little to no direction or good leader. Alcibiades was even sought after when the people were in need of generalship after fighting seven years. But the mistakes over time were to much, there was no going back. “They even recalled Alcibiades seeking better generalship, but the end came when Persia gave the…

Alcibiades, an older boy teetering on the edge of the acceptable age for a boy in a Paiderastia relationship, desperately wanted Socrates to take him in. Alcibiades was arrogant, as he was well aware of the fact that he was one of the most sought after young men in Athens. However, Socrates, the one man he wanted to take him on, rejected him. Socrates, an opponent of the idea of Paiderastia, was just as well aware of the value of his intellect as Alcibiades was of the value of…

society, and the charges he was facing were inaccurate. Socrates was executed by Athens because after the Peloponnesian war people were anxious and paranoid. The people of athens did not trust Socrates because he was linked with a tration named Alcibiades. According to Don Nardo in his book, The Trial of Socrates, he…

Scene I). Perhaps the senators truly were sorry for what they had done to Timon, or maybe they came to use him for his recently acquired riches. The most likely scenario is they hoped to convince Timon to stop Alcibiades’ invasion. Timon had the means to save the senators and Athens from Alcibiades’ army, but believed that they did not deserve…

The Battle of Aegospotami occurred in 405 BC and was the battle that ended the Peloponnesian War. The Battle of the Arginusae Islands had happened a year before and had been a major Athenian victory. After the battle, six of the eight Athenian generals had been executed and the others had gone into exile. Conon, Adeimantus, and Philocles replaced them. The Spartans also required a new leader because their previous commander had been killed in the Battle of the Arginusae Islands. Lysander was a…

have the same needs. Building a wall shows opposition to another country causing hatred, envy and even war. In many times in past history there have been times when walls created wars and many people would die. A section from a passage written by Alcibiades states, “The wall on the border is to give the impression that we do not want to have illegal immigration, the National Image may be a bit more negative. Again, the northern border would be called into question with the only solution being to…