person
Leon of Salamis
also: the man of Salamis, the Salaminian
An Athenian whom the Thirty Tyrants ordered Socrates to arrest for execution; Socrates refused, at risk to his own life. Marcus alludes to the episode as a mark of Socratic courage.
Reading notes
- Meditations §7.66.1 the man of Salamis
Leon of Salamis, whom the Thirty Tyrants ordered Socrates to help seize for execution; Socrates refused at peril of his life.