Meletus

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Athenian citizen accuser of Socrates historical figure

Meletus was the principal accuser who initiated the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth against Socrates in classical Athens.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Meletos 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian citizen ⓘ
accuser of Socrates ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
accused Socrates ⓘ
activeInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWithCharge corrupting the youth of Athens ⓘ
introducing new deities by Socrates ⓘ
not believing in the gods of the city ⓘ
broughtChargesOf corrupting the youth against Socrates ⓘ
impiety against Socrates ⓘ
cityOfCitizenship Athens ⓘ
collaboratedWith Anytus ⓘ
Lycon ⓘ
historicalContext Athenian democracy ⓘ
surface form: Athenian democracy after the Peloponnesian War
knownFromSource Apology of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Apology

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalActionType public indictment (graphe) against Socrates ⓘ
legalStatusInCase principal accuser of Socrates ⓘ
mentionedInWorkBy Plato ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
nameTransliteratedAs Meletus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Meletos
opposed Socrates' philosophical activity ⓘ
outcomeOfCaseHeBrought condemnation of Socrates to death ⓘ
politicalRoleInCase formal prosecutor in Socrates' trial ⓘ
portrayedAs young and relatively unknown in Athenian politics ⓘ
religiousContext Athenian state religion ⓘ
roleIn trial of Socrates ⓘ
timePeriod classical Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apology → containsCharacter → Meletus ⓘ
trial of Socrates → hasAccuser → Meletus ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
Meletus → nameTransliteratedAs → Meletus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meletos
Lycon → sharesRoleWith → Meletus ⓘ