Apology

work by Plato
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Summary

Apology is a written work[1]. Apology ranks in the top 2% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,382 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Plato[3]
  • Instance of: Platonic dialogue[4], apologia[5]
  • Genre: apologia[6], Socratic dialogue[7]
  • Part of the series: Platonic dialogue[8]
  • Commons category: Apology (Plato)[9]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[10]
  • Publication date: 395 BC[11]
  • Has edition or translation: L'apologia di Socrate[12], Apologia Socratis[13], Apologia[14], Apologie de Socrate[15], Apologiâ Sokrata[16], Apología de Sócrates[17], Obrona Sokratesa[18], Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους[19], Apologia Sokratesa[20], Apologia Sokratous[21], Defensa de Sòcrates[22], Plato : amddiffyniad Socrates[23], Apology of Socrates[24], Apologio de Sokrato. Kritono[25]
  • Narrative location: Athens[26], Heliaia[27]
  • Main subject: Socrates[28]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29]
  • Published in: The Harvard Classics, Vol. 2[30]
  • Title: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους[31]
  • Time period: ancient history[32]
  • Derivative work: I know that I know nothing[33], Sokratova odbrana i smrt[34]
  • Copyright status: public domain[35]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Apol.[36]

Why It Matters

Apology has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Apology is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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  30. [32] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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