A History of Socrates’ Apology on Trial
Socrates
The Apology
After being condemned to death and put on trial by Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon, Socrates’ “Apology” is his rebuttal against the claims of these men. Socrates had been on trial on the accusation that he willingly and intentionally corrupts the minds of young Athenian men for his own amusement as well as the rumor that…