The Trial and Death of Socrates remains a robust document, partly because it was a genuine – perhaps using parts verbatim – account of the finish of 1 of the greatest figures ever sold. In Apology Socrates defends himself prior to the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youngsters. Phaedo is the account, by a man, from the real last words and occasions of Socrates. These are offered scene-setting introductions to the historic situation. These are performed, unabridged, by a ensemble led by Bruce Alexander as Socrates, following his effective reading from the Republic for Naxos AudioBooks.