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Socrates was a war veteran who saved a comrade in battle
Before he became Athens' most famous philosopher, Socrates served as a hoplite in the Peloponnesian War, fighting at Potidaea, Delium, and Amphipolis. In Plato's Symposium, Alcibiades credits Socrates with standing over him and saving his life on the battlefield at Potidaea.
How we know
Socrates 470–399 BCE; campaigns named in Plato, Apology 28e (Potidaea 432, Delium 424, Amphipolis 422 BCE); the rescue of Alcibiades is in Symposium 220d–e.
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