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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.

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