Socrates is seventy years old and appears in court for the first time. For Socrates' people, the time has come to accuse Socrates of failing to lead the young, of corrupting them, and of boasting of being wise, which makes him very unpopular. Socrates tells the jury that I will tell the whole truth, because it is only me that I must defend. He says my accusers are many and I don't know them, they say, "you should be careful not to be misled by an accomplished speaker like me" (Cohen, Curd, & Reeve, 2000). The accuser goes on to say that Socrates is an accomplished orator; Socrates begins to praise them, because their lies are so well put together that Socrates himself is almost convinced of them, but then he says that they are not telling the truth. Socrates says that he has two kinds of accusers, those who have just begun to accuse him and those who have just begun to accuse him. the elders. Socrates finds himself in a difficult situation, because when he tells the jury why he is accused, he has great difficulty defending himself. Socrates asks to hear the accusations against him, Meletus says that Socrates is guilty of boasting of having more knowledge than others by studying things that no man dares to study; like the earth and what is under the earth. Socrates says I never said such things, if anyone witnessed me saying it, let him come and speak. Socrates states that none of these accusations are true. Socrates goes on to explain why he is accused, his long-time childhood friend Chairephon also a friend to many accusers, who is now dead. I went to Delphi, the god of wisdom, it was Chairephon who asked Delphi if there was a man wiser than Socrates. The god Delphi replied that no one was wiser. Socrates thought that surely it must be so... middle of paper ......ise Socrates, let the people vote against him. Socrates was a teacher of knowledge; he didn't do it to get rich. Socrates is now clearly wondering what he did to deserve this. The jury therefore votes again: the punishment is death. Socrates says that I will not be put to death because of my lack of defense, but for my lack of boldness. I think at this point Socrates is trying to be humble because he is seventy years old, already close to his death and they are sentencing him to death, for anything. Socrates prophesies that vengeance will come upon you as soon as he dies. In the end, Socrates is not hurt, he is happy to die because trouble is coming to the city of Athens. He is humiliated until the last moment of his life. Reference Cohen, SM, Curd, P. and Reeve, CD (2000). Readings on ancient Greek philosophy: from Thales to Aristotle (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Hackett.