CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Natural Philosophy, Anytus, Agathon
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Genre: defense speech: allegedly delivered, written ~10 yrs after trial, we don"t know if he actually said the speech although there were many ppl there. Is athenian: followed him around and learned from him. Originator of dialog format: seems to be new genre, and particularly greek. Socrates: the man 469 399 bce. Impiety: not believing in the gods of the state. They were ok if u believed in whatever u wanted as long as it didn"t impacy other. Distinction is very important to him in this trial.
