HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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He tried to overthrow the government.
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He was corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens.
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He stole silver from the treasury.
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He protested democracy.
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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: -In the year 399 BC, seventy years after he was born, Socrates was brought before the Athenian court on charges of impiety and corrupting the city’s youth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and sentenced to death. Choosing not to flee, he spent his final days in the company of his friends before drinking the executioner’s cup of poisonous hemlock.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Athenians had lost their self-confidence and their ability to tolerate what they did not understand. The horrors brought on by the Thirty Tyrants caused Athenians to look at Socrates in a new light. His teachings no longer seemed so harmless. He was no more a lovable town eccentric.