The Memorabilia

In Athens, everyone had heard Socrates say that a divinity gave him a sign. Xenophon begins with a pointed question: could that voice really make him an enemy of the gods?

In ancient Athens, Socrates held court wherever people gathered—in the market, the wrestling grounds, the promenades—speaking with anyone willing to listen. Now accused of impiety and of corrupting the young, he faces a charge that could cost him his life. Xenophon answers not with grand theories, but with scenes of Socrates asking what piety, justice and courage mean, and offering practical counsel to his companions. Learn what you can by study, he says; where the outcome lies beyond human sight, seek a sign from above. But how could a man who trusted the gods be guilty of denying them?

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