Η Δίκη του Σωκράτη! Ένα μεγάλο πολιτιστικό και ιστορικο γεγονός στην καρδιά της Νέας Υόρκης

THE ONASSIS FOUNDATION (USA)

THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES

The Athenians convicted him. Is this the final verdict?

Thursday, May 12, 2011
5:30 p.m.
Ceremonial Courtroom
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007

A reception will follow at the same venue.

Please enter the Federal Courthouse at the Worth Street (north) entrance and take the elevator directly to the 9th floor.

Invitation to be strictly personal and must be shown at the entrance together with a photo I.D.

Kindly arrive by 5 p.m. because of the required security procedures; all electronic devices must be checked at the door.
Latecomers will not be admitted into the courtroom once the event has begun.

Athens, 399 B.C. Socrates was charged with two crimes:  impiety—failure to respect the city’s gods and introducing  new deities—and corrupting the youth of Athens. New York, A.D. 2011 Socrates’ case will be tried again with eminent attorneys arguing  for the prosecution and the defense before sitting chief judges. The Court The Honorable Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, presiding The Honorable Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge, Eastern District, New York The Honorable Loretta A. Preska, Chief Judge, Southern District, New York Counsel for the City of Athens Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, Esq., New York Assistant District Attorney Dr. Anthony Papadimitriou, Esq., President, Onassis Foundation Counsel for Socrates Benjamin Brafman, Esq. Edward Walter Hayes, Esq. Academic Advisor Dr. Alexander Nehamas, Carpenter Professor  in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Princeton University Very limited seating.  For reservations, please call 917.657.9905 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            917.657.9905      end_of_the_skype_highlighting weekdays only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.