Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Athenines Impiety Trial
Socirates was on record as having had a lot to do with people both on the extreme left and the extreme right of athenian politics. He then also was very provocative in his trial, there's no question about that. A, but there is also, i think, a religious dimension to this. I mean, athens had just gone through a terrible defeat in its war a with the spartans. And at a time like that, a traditional religious practice is something people hang on to. But it wasn't an isolated pattern. It was the second trial for impiety in the same year. In the same year as socrates, another guy, andocides,
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