Socrates was a top bloke

I've been reading Plato's Symposium and The Death of Socrates. It's quite an easy read and very interesting, short too.

It sounds like Socrates was quite the fellow. He could drink all night and not get drunk, he was also apparently quite brave when he served in the army. Anyways, the Athenians all got pissed at him for making them look stupid when they were trying to look smart, so they killed him.

Oh, another interesting thing is that apparently in 5th century B.C. Athens everyone was totally gay and straight people were looked down upon as vulgar and lustful. Nevertheless, Socrates was very clever and quite funny.

-drew