Editing Sokrates

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{{Character Infobox
| name = Sokrates
| native = Greek-Sokrates.png
| image = ACOD Sokrates Render.png
| birth = c. 470 BCE<br />{{Wiki|Alopece}}, [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| death = c. 399 BCE<br />Athens, Greece
| species = [[Human]]
| affiliates = [[Kassandra]]<br />[[Periklean Circle]]
| actor = 
| voice = Daniel Matmor}}
'''Sokrates''' (c. 470 BCE – 399 BCE), alternatively '''Socrates''',<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> was an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] philosopher from [[Athens]] who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He was the teacher of [[Plato]] and [[Alkibiades]].

==Biography==
During his lifetime, he befriended [[Kassandra]], an infamous [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'', becoming somewhat of a mentor to them. Sometimes assisting the mercenary in parts of their journey.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

During the [[Peloponnesian War]], Sokrates visited the [[Silver Islands]] around the same time as Kassandra. He posed her a dilemma.<ref name="The Sokratic Method">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Sokratic Method]]</ref>

After the rebellion had overthrown the Athenian rule on the Silver Islands, Sokrates joined the celebrations, talking with interested citizens.<ref name="ANtR">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)|A Night to Remember]]</ref>

During the [[Plague of Athens|plague]] in Athens, Sokrates was observing the situation and people there. He witnessed the death of [[Perikles]] and decided to remain in the city in order to oppose the rhetoric of [[Kleon|Kleon the Everyman]], the new leader of Athens.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Athens's Last Hope]]</ref>

Later around 425 BCE, Sokrates, alongside [[Aristophanes]], assisted Kassandra in tarnishing the reputation of [[Kleon]], a [[Sage (Cult of Kosmos)|Sage]] of the [[Cult of Kosmos]] who had taken power following [[Perikles]]' death in 429 BCE.<ref name="ACOd" />

==Influence and legacy==
In 1511 or 1512, the [[Assassin]] [[Mentor]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] retrieved a copy of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' in [[Constantinople]] attributed to him.<ref name="ACR" />

==Personality and characteristics==
As an exceptional rhetorician who dominated political debates, Sokrates earned the respect of the intelligentsia of Athens. He was a fervent advocate of the democratic principles of his native state,<ref name="ACOd" /> and his prolific contributions to the philosophical tradition of Greece has left a lasting legacy which continued to reverberate as late as the days of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and beyond.<ref name="ACR" /> Outspoken and courageous, he also boasted an extraordinary capacity for liquor.<ref name="ACOd" />

==Behind the scenes==
'''Sokratic method'''
Sokrates was famous for having introduced the Socratic method, a form of argumentative dialogue which employs a process of a question and answering to draw out underlying {{Wiki|presuppositions}} in one's beliefs. His interactions with the player in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' as a friend of the protagonist recreate his notorious habit of subjecting to friends and strangers everywhere to this method of inquiry. Key to his approach was not to assert normative claims himself but to stimulate critical thinking and discover logical contradictions no matter the other party's position.{{Fact|25 March 2020}} True to this, in various moral dilemmas the player finds themselves in across the game's quests, no matter the player's choice, Socrates will question their reasoning in a way that may come across as contrarian.

Much of what we know of Socrates, his philosophy, and his behaviour comes from the works of his pupil, [[Plato]], who immortalized him. His {{wiki|Socratic dialogues}}, most notably ''[[Apology]]'', relates how Socrates earned the ire of a significant segment of Athenian society through his Socratic method, and this led to his {{wiki|Trial of Socrates|trial for impiety and corruption}} and execution in 399 BCE.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACOD Sokrates Concept Art.png|Concept Art
ACOD Sokrates Concept Sketches 01.png|Concept Sketches
ACOD Sokrates Concept Sketches 02.png|Concept Sketches
ACOD Sokrates Promotional Art.jpg|Promotional Art
ACOD Sokrate Head Models - Stephanie Chafe.jpg|Head model of Sokrates
ACOD Sokrate Models - Stephanie Chafe.jpg|Full body models of Sokrates
ACOD Sokrate Sculp - Stephanie Chafe.jpg|Head sculp of Sokrates
ACOd-ANtR-Sokrates.jpg|Sokrates at the party on Mykonos
ACOd-Sokrates-plague.jpg|Sokrates in Athens during the plague
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}

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