Why Was Socrates Put on Trial by His Fellow Citizens

question 34

Multiple Choice

Why was Socrates put on trial by his fellow citizens in 399 B.C.E.?

• A) Socrates was more popular than the Athenian generals, who persuaded the Council of Five Hundred that he posed a threat to the public order.
• B) Socrates' accusers charged him with impiety, arguing that his philosophy denied the existence of the gods and lured the youth away from Athenian moral traditions.
• C) Socrates was an outspoken critic of democracy who had sided with the militaristic Spartans in the Peloponnesian War.
• D) Socrates was known to have opposed the popular leader Pericles, so Athenians blamed Socrates for their defeat in the Peloponnesian War.

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