Plato The last days of Socrates Author:Hugh Tredennick The trial and condemnation of Socrates (469-399 B.C.), on charges of heresy and corrupting the minds of the youn, forms one of the most tragic episodes inthe history of Athens in decline. In the four works which compose this vollume- Euthyphro, The Apology, Ctito, and Phaedo- Plato,, his most devoted disciple, has preserved for us the essence o... more »f his teaching and the logical system of questio and answer he frefected in order to define the nature of virtue and knowledge. The vindication of Socrates and the pathos of his death are admirabley conveyed in Hugh Tedennick's modern translation.« less