HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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He was poisoned.
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He was blamed for corrupting the youth of Athens.
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He used the Socratic Method.
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He was old.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He was arguably guilty of the crimes with which he was charged, impiety and corrupting the youth, because he did reject the city’s gods and he did inspire disrespect for authority among his youthful followers (though that was not his intention). He was accordingly convicted and sentenced to death by poison.
Detailed explanation-2: -Socrates is guilty of refusing to recognise the Gods recognised by the state, and of introducing new divinities. He is also guilty of corrupting the youth. The penalty demanded is death. In Athens, religion was a matter of public participation under law.
Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction. The Apology of Socrates begins with Socrates addressing the jury of perhaps 500 Athenian men to ask if they have been persuaded by the Orators Lycon, Anytus, and Meletus, who have accused Socrates of corrupting the young people of the city and impiety against the pantheon of Athens.
Detailed explanation-4: -With respect to the first charge, corrupting the youth, Socrates defends himself by getting Meletus to admit that the whole of Athens-everyone in the city-state-improves the youth with the exception of Socrates, which is their sole corrupter.