The philosopher Socrates lived from 469–399 BCE.He was sentenced to death for refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state and corrupting of the youth.In 399 BCE the jury consisted of five hundred Athenians. He was seventy years old when he was executed. Socrates felt like it was his time to go any ways. His views on Anti Democratic government made a lot of people turn against him.After the accuser and Socrates spoke, the jury voted him guilty. They chose to punish him with the death penalty.
Socrates had an chance to choose a different punish for himself instead of the death penalty. He said his punishment should be a fine for a sum of money. Socrates could have made a better suggestion and saved his life, but he basically chose to die, instead of spending his life in jail for expressing his opinions. The jury selected that he would be sentenced with death according to the two suggestions.Soon after he was taken to a jail and given a cup of poison hemlock to drink. Slowly his body become numb until it reached the heart and killed him. One of his famous quotes is "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
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