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POLIS: The Trial of Socrates
A historical graphic novel that examines the events leading up to the trial and execution of Socrates in ancient Athens. In this scene, the leader of the Thirty Tyrants condemns one of its own members to die, but Socrates tries to stop it.
Here's the finished page of Socrates' entrance! The earlier pages in the scene were pretty much taken from Xenophon's Hellenica but Socrates' entrance here is pure fiction. Hey -- it's a story about Socrates, right? Check it out and let me know what you think:
This is a scene that takes place in 404 BCE just after the Peloponnesian War has ended. Sparta installed an oligarchic government at Athens which severely restricted citizenship. Even this limited 3000 were controlled by thirty men who would come to be known as the Thirty Tyrants.
After Theramenes makes his speech criticizing the unofficial leader of the Thirty, he expects the other citizens to back him and curtail Critias' more vicious policies. Critias, however, makes his own speech and then calls in his Spartan guards to take over the Assembly. Theramenes is arrested and executed shortly thereafter.
For anyone just finding me, below are the sketch and inked page:
Art by Daniel Becker.
Colored by Luca Blugheroni.
Previous colored pages: Page 14-15 | Page 16 | Page 17
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