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THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO

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' Phaedo '
In a new translation by Hugh Tredennick
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Rayner Heppenstall
The date is 399 B.C. Socrates must take poison at sundown. He spends the day in a debate with his friends on the immortality of the soul. This debate is reported years later to a group of Peloponnesian disciples by Phaedo, Who took part in it.

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Translation By:
Hugh Tredennick
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Socrates:
Arthur Young
Phaedo:
Ivan Samson
Echecrates:
Arthur Ridley
Simmias:
Raf de la Torre
Cebes:
Basil Jones
Crito:
J Hubert Leslie
Gaoler:
Stanley Groome
Xanthippe:
Gladys Spencer
Narrator:
Anthony Jacobs
Source: Radio Times

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