Did Athenians just execute Socrates because he was annoying?
>>24847003I hate how ugly the feet are drawn in this picture. No way Socrates would surround himself with boys with toes like that.
>>24847003Because he was friends with unpopular people.The same thing happened in the peak of cancel culture where people lost jobs because of things their relatives did.
>>24847003they had to get it on, he was making a move
His circle included a bunch of people who were part of the 30 tyrants, one of which killed more athenians than the entire pelopponesian war. He was basically an associate/mentor to the Athenian Hitler. Apology was an attempt by Plato to clear Socrates' name, but it's interesting (to say the least) how Plato completely omits this, while Demosthenes just outright says that this is why Socrates was executed.
>>24847014>>24847051It could both be true that he was prosecuted for political reasons and that Athenians were tired of his "just asking questions" shtick and saw the opportunity to get rid of him.
>>24847003He spoke the truth.
>>24847051The Apology "omits" it because the Athenians set up an amnesty, after the Thirty were overthrown, preventing anyone from being prosecuted for collaboration or association. The 9nky exceptions were for being one of the Thirty, or for murder.Plato in fact does touch on the relation between Socrates and Critias & Charmides in the dialogue Charmides, which makes pretty clear what Plato considered that relationship to amount to. Also, you must be thinking of Aeschines the orator, Demosthenes never says any such thing about Socrates.
