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According to Plato in the Apology, his teacher Socrates was convicted of 1.) Corrupting the youth and 2.) disrespecting the gods.

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When was Socrates put to death?

Socrates chose to take hemlock in 399 BC. He was tried for impiety and sentenced to take his own life.


How old was Socrates when he was tried for corrupting the youth?

Socrates died in 399 BC. He was convicted and sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. It is widely believed that he was born in 469BC which would make him 70 at the time of his death.


What crimes did Socrates committ?

Socrates did not commit any crimes. However, he was accused and convicted of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens, based on his teachings and philosophical inquiries. Socrates' "crime" was challenging traditional beliefs and provoking critical thinking, which ultimately led to his execution.


How did the government of Athens react to Socrates' questioning of traditional values?

They decided to eliminate his disruptive activities and convicted him of impiety - punishable by death.


What cost Socrates his life?

Socrates was convicted of impiety and corrupting youth and was sentenced to death by the city of Athens. The method of execution was a lethal dose of poison made from hemlock, which he took without resistance.


What became of socrates and why?

Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a cup of hemlock poison in 399 BC after being convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety. His teaching methods and constant questioning of authority led to his controversial trial and eventual execution.


Why exactly is Socrates such a threat to Athens?

because the Greeks and the Athenians where saying that Socrates was corrupting the youth. Because he was making them question things instead of just accepting things as they were, and had always been


What was the youth like in Socrates' day?

O.K because Athens was in their Golden Age, but Socrates was making the youth question the things taking place like the Gods that they worshiped or why they did things a certain way.


What year did Plato meet Socrates?

507 B.C.E., when Plato was 21 years of age. Socrates was convicted and executed 8 years later. There is actually debate about the date, and how old Plato was. In any case, it would have been 407 BCE, since Socrates was executed in 399.


Can you live by a school if you have been convicted of drug possession?

yes but not if convicted of child abuse or worse things.


How was Socrates corrupting the youth of Athens?

Athenians believed Socrates was corrupting the youth because he was making them question things. instead of just accepting Greek and Athenian traditions passed down to them, Socrates made them think about and analyze them.


What was his full name Socrates?

panothes turam socrates