Athens: The Truth About Democracy
Bettany Hughes searches out the real truth about the birth of democracy in ancient Athens 2500 years ago
2. Episode 2
0.0Jul 28, 2007 · 48 min
The extraordinary new ideas of the new democracy, and the powerful and dramatic story of Socrates. Celebrated as one of the authors of the new thinking, he ultimately pushed even democracy beyond its limits and was put to death by his own city.