R. Scott Smith
R. Scott Smith is associate professor of classical studies at University of New Hampshire, Durham. He received a BA from Mary Washington College and an MA and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is coeditor with Stephen M. Trzaskoma of Writing Myth: Mythography in the Greek and Roman World (Peeters Publishers, 2013), editor and translator of Seneca: Phaedra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics, 2011), and coauthor with William M. Calder III, Bernhard Huss, Marc Mastrangelo, and Stephen M. Trzaskoma of The Unknown Socrates (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2002).
Books by R. Scott Smith
The Unknown Socrates: Translations, with Introductions and Notes, of Four Important Documents in the Late Antique Reception of Socrates the Athenian
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Socrates (469-399 BC) is one of history's most enigmatic and intriguing figures. He is often considered the father of Western philosophy, yet the four most famous accounts we have of him present a contradictory, confusing picture.
