Excerpt from Greek Reader (Prose), Consisting of Selections From Xenophon, Plato, Herodotus, and Thucydides: With Notes Adapted to Goodwin's Greek Grammar, Parallel References to Crosby's and Hadley's Grammars, and Lithographic Maps
Next comes the first chapter of the Memorabilia, giving the character of Socrates as drawn by Xenophon, followed by the last section of the same work. The short extracts from Plato which follow consist of the final address of Socrates to his judges from the Apology, and the narrative part of the Phaedo describing the last hours of the great philosopher.
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