The hemlock cup : Socrates, Athens and the search for the good life
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Published
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
1400041791, 9781400041794
Physical Desc
xxxv, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Status
Martin Luther College Library - Stacks
B316 .H84 2011
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Published
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
ISBN
1400041791, 9781400041794

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-472) and index.
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In his unwavering commitment to truth and in the example of his own life, Socrates set the standard for all subsequent Western philosophy. And yet, for twenty-five centuries, he has remained an enigma: a man who left no written legacy and about whom everything we know is hearsay, gleaned from the writings of Plato, Xenophon and Aristophanes. Now historian Bettany Hughes gives us a vivid portrait of Socrates and of his homeland, Athens in its Golden Age. His life spanned "seventy of the busiest, most wonderful and tragic years in Athenian history." It was a city devastated by war, but, at the same time, transformed by the burgeoning process of democracy, and Hughes re-creates this fifth-century B.C. city, drawing on the latest sources to illuminate the streets where Socrates walked, to place him there and to show us the world as he experienced it.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, B. (2011). The hemlock cup: Socrates, Athens and the search for the good life (1st U.S. ed.). A.A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. 2011. The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life. New York: A.A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life New York: A.A. Knopf, 2011.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hughes, B. (2011). The hemlock cup: socrates, athens and the search for the good life. 1st U.S. ed. New York: A.A. Knopf.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life 1st U.S. ed., A.A. Knopf, 2011.

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