Plato and his
Dialogues (by Bernard Suzanne)
http://plato-dialogues.org/plato.htm
· Thorough coverage of the Platonic dialogues; maps of Ancient
Athens and Greece; index to persons and places; an interesting
chronological table parallels Greek history with American history
(i.e., Socrates trial takes place during the height of McCarthyism)
The Last Days of
Socrates (Plato's Socrates)
http://socrates.clarke.edu/
· “For first year philosophy students”; includes a page of links
under the “Research” tab; audio/video links; links to full-text
documents
The
Socrates Argument Clinic
http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/sclinic.htm
· Humor link: “you will have a chance to match your wits against
history's most famous philosopher. Unlike some of the dialogues, a
sycophantic response (or ad hominem argument) may bring on the ridicule
of others. Your challenge is to complete the argument without
making Socrates drink the hemlock.”
Aristophanes, Clouds (the
plays Birds,
Frogs, and Wasps also contain references to Socrates)
Aristotle, Politics
Laertius, Diogenes, The Lives of Eminent
Philosophers [3rd century C.E.]
Plato, The Dialogues of Plato (2
vols.)
(trans. by Benjamin Jowett)(The four dialogues that describe the trial
and death of Socrates are the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo)
Xenophon, Memorabilia (Apology of Socrates)
Modern Sources
Brickhouse,
Thomas and Smith, Nicholas, Socrates on Trial
(Princeton,
1989)
Colaiaco,
James A., Socrates Against Athens: Philosophy on Trial (New
York, 2001)
Guthrie,
W. K. C., Socrates (Cambridge, England, 1978)
Stone,
I. F., The Trial of Socrates (Boston, 1988)
Vlastos,
Gregory, Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher (Ithaca,
1991).
Video
PBS,
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (Atlantic Productions, 1999)