Socrates 1st paper

Write a 3 page paper answering the following: Socrates had been teaching in Athens all his life, unbothered. Yet when he was seventy and had only a few years left to live, Athens prosecuted and then executed him.  Why did Athens wait so long to put Socrates on trial?  What factors– personal, political, cultural, global- influenced his trial in 399 BCE?

Make sure to use cite the sources you’re using in your paper.



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