![]() ![]() Scholars and historians have been puzzled by it for centuries, and still are. This obsession with the trial of Socrates is not mine alone. 1979, you have discovered something newsworthy – excuse the expression – about a trial that the wire services covered 2378 years ago? ![]() ![]() Isn’t it a little late in the day to be re-examining the trial of Socrates? I thought that was 25 centuries ago?Īnd now, in A.D. Stone sets forth his discovery and, at the same time, takes us on an adventure in learning and an armchair tour of the ancient world. Now, he believes he has found new evidence that sheds light not only on the trial itself but on the complex politics of fifth-century Athens. Stone spoke of his new-found joy in Greek studies and his hope of finding in them "one last scoop" that would help clear up some of the mystery which still surrounds the trial of Socrates, that cause célèbre which has tantalized scholars and historians for centuries. Last year, on his 70th birthday, in an interview with himself for this Magazine, retired journalist I.S. Stone further developed his ideas about the Socrates trial and published them in his 1988 book, The Trial of Socrates.) (This interview was originally published in The New York Times Magazine, April 8, 1979. An old muckraker sheds fresh light on the 2,500-year-old mystery and reveals someĪthenian political realities that Plato did his best to hide. ![]()
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