Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture 7: CLASSICS-2301-LECTURE-7

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

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Classics lecture 7 notes: mai(cid:374) (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter i(cid:374) plato"s gorgias is socrates, socrates was an athenian. He lived from 469-399 bce in athens: he fought bravely in the peloponnesian war at potidaea. By a multistage process of drawing lots, 50 men were chosen as pretanese or president. They would serve for 1/10 of the year and everyday they would draw lots to choose an epistates or formant. The jury chose the death penalty: there was an amnesty in 403 bce as part of the restoration of democracy, so nobody could be tried for their political action under the 30 tyrants. Apology 32b-c: this passage suggests that socrates was not always the eccentric man that we know him as but instead a good citizen. Even in fulfilling his civic duty he was inclined to resist the crowd: in another passage he talks about the unjust power that the 30 tyrants had.