It also serves as the pivot in a series of dialogues set in the last weeks of Socrates’s life. The Apology is alluded to frequently in the Platonic dialogues. Despite its atypical form, the Apology is clearly important for understanding the significance of Socrates for Plato, and it has been remarked frequently that through him the work functions virtually as a foundation myth for the Western philosophical tradition. It is unique among Plato’s works because it is not a dialogue, and it exploits many of the conventions of Athenian forensic oratory. It consists of three parts: the defense proper (17a–35d), Socrates’s response to the guilty verdict (35e–38b), and a pair of speeches directed respectively at those who voted for the death penalty, and at those who voted against it (38c–42a). 393) but before Plato’s first voyage to Sicily (387).
The date of its composition is unknown, but the work is generally believed to have been composed after the publication of Polycrates’s Accusation of Socrates (c. It is the earliest and most eloquent expression of what has been termed 'philosophical faith', as that love and search for truth which gives meaning to life and trust in the face of death.The Apology of Socrates takes its name from Plato’s version of the defense speech (Greek, apologia) given by Socrates at his trial. The Apology is Plato's version of the speech delivered by Socrates before the Athenian people in his defence against charges of impiety and of misleading others, which ended in his condemnation and death in 399 BC. Download cover art Download CD case insert Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους (The Apology of Socrates in Ancient Greek)
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