Excellence notes part 3

• Socrates- Athens was a great city which attracted brilliant thinkers 
• visitors from all over the world shared their knowledge of astronomy, medicine, meteorology, literature, physiology, and all things scientific
• this was often at odds with additional teachings which centered around the Greek gods, which got young people thinking and questioning 
• The trialSocrates was charged with two crimes, corruption of Athens' youth, impiety(not believing in the gods of the state)
• "Its my job to godfly to the lazy sluggish horse that is Athens" 
• "I should actually be rewarded with free dinners for life" 
• at court a jury of 500 male citizens found him guilty (279-221) sentenced to death by drinking poison hemlock 
• he had the opportunity to escape but he refused, proving his loyalty to the athenian democracy 
• An idiot in athenian democracy was someone who was characterized by self centeredness and concerned almost exclusively with private as apposed to public affairs