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He served as a common soldier in the campaign of Potidaea (432-429 B.C.), fought in the battle of Delium (424), and marched with Cleon against A mph i polis in 422 B.C. His bravery and endurance were conspicuous, and he was the means of saving the lives of Alcibiades and Xenophon. After the naval battle of Argintisae (406) against the Spartans, ten A then i an officers were arraigned for neglecting to bury the dead, and the court wished to condemn them unheard, but So crates, the judge, refused to allow that. Soon after he declined to share further in public affairs, and, following the promptings of warning voice within him, he began to lead an ascetic and pure life, though perfectly natural in his behaviour. Aris toph anes attacked him in his “ Comedy of the Clouds," but Plato, Xenophon, Euclid of Megara, Aristippus, Alcibiades, and others defended