[COM] Apology

Introduction The trial and death of Socrates occupies a central place in the literary mythos of Plato. We can well imagine the effect these events had on him, when at the age of twenty-eight he saw his teacher and friend killed at the hands of his countrymen. Likewise, the death of Socrates as described in the works of Plato continue to excite the imagination of Western man to this day, and it stands as one of the great literary symbols of our common Western heritage.