person
Socrates
The Athenian philosopher, 'called wise by Apollo,' condemned at the suit of Anytus; even his calm, Ovid says, could not survive such a plight.
Reading notes
- Ibis §17 prosecuted by Anytus
Socrates, accused by Anytus, who drank the hemlock calmly; the enemy is wished the same draught in anguish.
- Sorrows §5.12 old man, called wise by Apollo
Socrates, declared by the Delphic oracle the wisest of men; he too, Ovid says, could write nothing in such a case.