The hemlock cup : Socrates, Athens and the search for the good life
Hughes, Bettany2010
Books, Manuscripts
'The Hemlock Cup' gives Socrates the biography he deserves, setting him in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean that was his home, and dealing with him as he himself dealt with the world.
Main title:
The hemlock cup : Socrates, Athens and the search for the good life / Bettany Hughes.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2010.
Collation:
xxxv, 486 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Text on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780224071789 (hbk)0224071785 (hbk)
Dewey class:
183.2183
Local class:
183.2B SOC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
612165
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