Socrates (Σωκράτης)
Socrates (470 - 399 BC. aged approximately 71)
Cause of death, execution by Forced suicide by hemlock poisoning.
In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, and for impiety. He was found guilty by a majority vote cast by a jury of hundreds of male Athenian citizens and, according to the custom, proposed his own penalty..
Socrates was given the chance to offer alternative punishments for himself after being found guilty. He could have requested permission to flee Athens and live in exile, but he did not do so. Instead, according to Plato, he requested that a fine should be imposed on him and also suggested that free meals should be provided for him daily in recognition of his worth to Athens. According to Xenophon, however, Socrates made no proposals.
The jurors favored the death penalty by making him drink a cup of hemlock (a poisonous liquid).
In return, Socrates warned jurors and Athenians that criticism of them by his many disciples was inescapable, unless they became good men. After a delay caused by Athenian religious ceremonies, Socrates spent his last day in prison. His friends visited him and offered him an opportunity to escape, which he declined.
Socrates (470 - 399 BC. aged approximately 71)
Cause of death, execution by Forced suicide by hemlock poisoning.
In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial for corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, and for impiety. He was found guilty by a majority vote cast by a jury of hundreds of male Athenian citizens and, according to the custom, proposed his own penalty..
Socrates was given the chance to offer alternative punishments for himself after being found guilty. He could have requested permission to flee Athens and live in exile, but he did not do so. Instead, according to Plato, he requested that a fine should be imposed on him and also suggested that free meals should be provided for him daily in recognition of his worth to Athens. According to Xenophon, however, Socrates made no proposals.
The jurors favored the death penalty by making him drink a cup of hemlock (a poisonous liquid).
In return, Socrates warned jurors and Athenians that criticism of them by his many disciples was inescapable, unless they became good men. After a delay caused by Athenian religious ceremonies, Socrates spent his last day in prison. His friends visited him and offered him an opportunity to escape, which he declined.
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