THE ONASSIS FOUNDATION (USA)
invites you to attend
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.
THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES
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.
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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
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Very limited seating. For reservations, please call 917.657.9905 weekdays only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
