HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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askingquestions that seemed to dishonor the gods
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livingon the streets with no means of support
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refusingto teach the children of the rich
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tellingstate secrets to enemy powers
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Detailed explanation-1: -At his trial, Socrates was accused of two things: impiety (asebeia) against Athens’ gods by introducing new gods and the corruption of Athenian youth by teaching them to question the status quo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Socrates encounters Euthyphro outside the court of Athens. Socrates has been called to court on charges of impiety by Meletus, and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father for having unintentionally killed a murderous hired hand.
Detailed explanation-3: -Instead, Socrates audaciously proposes to the jury that he be rewarded, not punished. According to Plato, Socrates asks the jury for free meals in the Prytaneum, a public dining hall in the center of Athens. Socrates must have known that his proposed “punishment” would infuriate the jury.