The Hemlock Cup · Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Hughes, Bettany -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Epigraph 1 - Acknowledgements 2 - Preface 3 - Introduction 4 - The Dramatic Story of Socrates – Sources and Approach 5 - Dramatis Personæ 6 - List of Illustrations 7 - Maps Act One – Athena’s City

1 - The Water-Clock: Time to Be Judged 2 - Athena’s City 3 - Socrates in the Agora 4 - The Stoa of the King 5 - The First Blood Sacrifice 6 - Checks, Balances and Magic-Men 7 - Persuade or Obey 8 - Peitho, the Power of Persuasion

Act Two – Socrates As a Young Man

9 - Alopeke: A Philosopher is Born 10 - Kerameikos – Potters and Beautiful Boys 11 - Pericles: High Society, and Democracy As High Theatre 12 - Delos – and the Birth of an Empire 13 - Purple Ambition 14 - Paddling in the River, Sweating in the Gym: Socratic Youth 15 - Gym-Hardened Fighting Men 16 - ‘Golden Age’ Athens 17 - Aspasia – Sophe Kai Politike, Wise and Politically Astute

Act Three – Socrates the Solder

18 - Samos 19 - Flexing Muscles 20 - Socrates the Soldier 21 - Demons and Virtues 22 - The Plague

Act Four – New Gods, New Possibilities: Socrates in Middle Age

23 - Silver Owls and a Wise Owl 24 - Hot Air in the Agora 25 - Democracy, Liberty and Freedom of Speech 26 - The Good Life – After Dark 27 - Delphi, the Oracle 28 - Gnothi Seauton – Know Yourself 29 - Aristocrats, Democrats and the Realities of War

Act Five – The Fight Goes On

30 - The Peloponnesian War, Phase Two – A Messy Siege 31 - Brickbats and Bouquets 32 - Amphipolis

Act Six – Socrates and Love

33 - Socrates in the Symposium 34 - The Trouble with Love 35 - Oh, Tell Me the Truth About Love 36 - Diotima – A Very Social Priestess 37 - Little Bears 38 - Xanthippe 39 - Alcibiades: Violet-Crowned, Punch-Drunk

Act Seven – Cutting Down the Tallest Corn

40 - Melos 41 - Venus de Milo Abused 42 - Priest of Nonsense: Playing with Fire 43 - Sicily 44 - Rivers of Blood 45 - Decelea – Closing Down the Mines 46 - Time of Terror 47 - Arginusae – Standing Out in the Crowd 48 - Tall Poppies, Cut Corn 49 - Thirty Tyrants

Act Eight – The Trial and Death of Socrates

50 - The Scapegoat 51 - An Apology 52 - Twilight and Delos at Dawn 53 - Socrates Bound 54 - Flight from the World

Coda: The Tomb of Socrates – The Tower of the Winds Afterword Appendix One - Honouring Aphrodite Appendix Two - Mysteria – The Eleusinian Mysteries Time Line Text Acknowledgements Image Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Illustrations