Storiascopio · Era 5 of 12 · primary year 5
Socrates is condemned
399 BC · Agora of Athens (Greece)
In short
Socrates spent his days in the squares of Athens asking questions: what is justice? what is courage? He said he knew only one thing, that he knew nothing, and he helped others to think for themselves. He wrote nothing down: we know him thanks to his students, above all Plato. In 399 BC he was accused of not respecting the city's gods and of corrupting the young, and he was sentenced to death.
Why it matters His death, which he accepted without running away, made him the symbol of people who stay true to their ideas.
Source: Treccani, entry “Socrate”
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Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
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