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Bettany Hughes
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
Hay Festival 2011,
The classicist and historian profiles the soldier, lover, democrat, philosopher, and vigorous citizen of one of the greatest capitals on earth, until his beloved Athens turned on him, condemning him to death by poison.
