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Socrates was given hemlock to drink.
Socrates was found guilty of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and sentenced to death by drinking a mixture containing poison hemlock in 399 BC.
Socrates was tried and accused of corrupting the youth and was forced to drink poison as a punishment.
Hemlock 100%
rat poison mixed with pigs blood
Socrates was ordered to drink poison by the Athens Government / Ruling system
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He was ordered to drink poison.
Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Socrates was found guilty by the jury , and was told to drink poison , which he took gladly.
It was hemlock. :)
Unfavorably. They tried and convicted him of corrupting the minds of the youth and not believing in the gods of the state. He was sentenced to death by drinking a mixture containing poison hemlock.