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| Man to whom Plato's Phaedo, which describes Socrates' death, is directed |
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| One of Socrates' followers who cries at Socrates' death |
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| The most important of Socrates' three accusers, though he did not himself initiate the prosecution. Appears in Plato's 'Meno." pg. 64 |
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1. Corrupting the youth
2. Not believing in the city's gods
3. Bringing in new gods |
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1. He is a wise man
2. Thinks about things aloft
3. Investigates things below
4. Makes the weaker speech the stronger
5. He is a teacher
6. And an atheist |
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| Portrayed Socrates in his play 'Clouds' - written 24 years before the trial. In 'Clouds' Socrates is shown doing many of the things he is accused of in the unofficial charges. Footnote on pg. 65, pg. 66 |
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| The man who lead the prosecution against Socrates A 'young and unknown' in Athens. pg. 66, etc. |
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| Gorgias of Leotini, Prodicus of Ceos, & Hippias of Elis |
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| Sophists (wisemen) of Socrates' time. The most famous of the sophists, Protagoras, was dead by the time of Socrates' trial. Pg. 67 |
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| Calias, son of Hipponicus |
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| The man who pays for Evenus of Paros to teach his two sons. Pg. 67-8 |
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| Teacher hired by Callias to teach Callias' two sons. Pg. 68 |
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| Socrates' friend who goes to the Delphic Oracle to ask if there is any man wiser than Socrates. Returned from exile. Also a character in 'Clouds.' pg. 69 |
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| The name of the priestess who delivered Apollo's oracles at Delphi. Pg. 69 |
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| One of Socrates' accusers |
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| Greek demigod who kills Hector to revenge his friend Patroclus' death. Socrates compares himself to Achilles in his willingness to face death to achieve justice. Pg. 79 |
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| The Trojan who is killed by Achilles after he kills Achilles' friend, Patroclus. Pg. 79 |
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| Achilles' friend who is killed by Hector and who Achilles dies to revenge. Pg. 79 |
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| The politician who accused the 8 generals of not picking up their dead in the trial that Socrates served as a judge for. Pg. 84 footnote |
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| A perfectly just man who was sentenced to death by the oligarchy that ruled for a year five years before Socrates' trial. Pg. 84 |
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| Socrates' student. Also wrote about Socrates. |
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| Character in the 'Clouds' who mockingly repeats Socrates' treading on the air line at the end of the play. Pg. 66 |
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| Taught the nature of things without referring to the city's gods (moon = rock). Fled Athens to avoid persecution. Pg. 76 |
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| Potidea, Amphipolis, Delium |
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| Places where Socrates was stationed as a soldier |
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| Pluto - Greek god of the underworld |
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| Knew Socrates as a youth, his scandalous composure was part of what contributed to popular suspicion of Socrates. Betrayed Athens, convicted to death, self-exiled, went to Sparta to help fight against Athens, went back to Athens, and was re-exiled. Pg. 85 |
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| Critobulus, Lysanias the Cephisean, Theozotides, Demodocus, Adeimantus, Plato, Aeantodoru, Apollodorus |
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| Socrates' followers who were present at his trial |
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| Two former associates of Socrates, involved in the infamous oligarchy of the Thirty. Greedy, murderous. both died violently |
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| One of the most holy places in Athens, where Socrates suggests he should be sent as 'punishment.' |
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| Minos, Rhadamanthys, Aeacus, Triptolemus |
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| Great and mythical judges |
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| Orpheus, Musaeus, Hesoid, Homer |
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| Four seminal poets of the Greeks |
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| Palamedes and Telemonian Ajax |
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| Two who died because of unjust judgements |
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| Led the campaign in the Iliad and quarreled with Achilles. |
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| In Hades labors to roll a heavy stone over a hill but it always rolls down again. |
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| A sober well-to-do friend of Socrates. They are friends of proximity. The man with whom Socrates converses in 'Crito.' |
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| Simmias of Thebes and Cebes |
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