![]() ![]() ![]() 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. The Apology of Socrates takes its name from Plato’s version of the defense speech (Greek, apologia) given by Socrates at his trial. ![]()
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