It was a packed courtroom with 501 jurors. A man named Socrates stands accused of corrupting the youth and refusing to recognize the gods. The penalty demanded was death.A majority of the Athenian citizens chosen by lot to serve as jurors voted to convict him Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a poison. Socrates was a well-known figure in Athens for many years before the trial. The atmosphere of the trial was really tense. there was also a lot of hatred happening in the court room.
They each took turns presenting there arguments. each person was timed by a water clock. When it was Socrates turn to speak he began to apologize to the jurors. He answers the charge of corrupting the youth by explaining that it was the gods telling him that he was the wisest man. He talks about how chaperon went to the oracle of Delphi to ask if anyone was wiser then Socrates he spoke on how the oracle said there was no one wiser then him. After he told the jurors that no one was wiser then Socrates and proving the prosecutors wrong he was sentenced to death.
In my opinion i fell like justice was not served . I feel this way because in my opinion he was sentenced to death because of the fact that he proved them wrong. Also because he told no one to agree with him or follow in his footsteps but they still did. Socrates was only trying to express his thoughts and beliefs
http://www.ageofthesage.org/greek/philosopher/trial_death_socrates.html 2nd paragraph. talk about how there was no one wiser .
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/socrates/socratesaccount.html summary of what happened during the trial and the atmosphere.
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