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Classical Athens
5th–4th century BC
The city-state of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A container for the philosophers and texts placed there, not a history of the city.
Facts
- Trial of Socrates
- 399 BC. Athens tried Socrates for impiety and corrupting the young, and put him to death.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Socrates
- Plato's Academy
- Founded at Athens about 387 BC.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Plato
- Aristotle's Lyceum
- Founded at Athens about 335 BC.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Aristotle
The record
This page is the filing point for the Athens entries on this site: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Republic. Three dates from those entries fall here. The city tried Socrates in 399 BC. Plato founded the Academy about 387 BC. Aristotle founded the Lyceum about 335 BC.
The government of Athens, its wars, and its other citizens are not covered here.
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Links in both directions: what this page points to, and what points here.
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