Abstract
Among modern scholars and readers of Plato, Socrates' trial is usually considered to be the most important case of religious impiety ( asebeia ). For the average Athenian, the serious events that occurred in the days before the expedition against Sicily inspired a feeling of collective fear, which would be converted into an intense witch hunt, i.e. into a restless search for information. The importance of these events, whose effects would be felt in Athenian society for years, is well known. The scandals comprised a double crime of asebeia : the mutilation of the Herms and the parody of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This chapter also talks about the parodic celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a sacrilege in which Alcibiades was directly involved and the return of Alcibiades to the Athenian political scene. Keywords:Alcibiades; asebeia ; Athenian politics; Athenian society; Eleusinian Mysteries; Herms; Socrates' trial
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