Socrates is seventy years old and appears in a court for the first time. For Socrates' people, time is accusing Socrates of failing to guide the youth by corrupting them and boasting of being wise, making him very unpopular. Socrates tells the jury that I will tell the whole truth, because it is I myself who must defend. He says my accusers are many and I don't know them, they say, "you should be careful not to be fooled by an expert speaker like me" (Cohen, Curd, & Reeve, 2000). The accuser goes on to say that Socrates is an expert orator; Socrates begins to praise them, because their lies are so beautiful and well put together, that Socrates himself is almost convinced of them, but then says that they are not telling the truth. Socrates says he has two types of accusers, those who have just begun to accuse him and those who are old ones. Socrates finds himself in a difficult situation, because when he tells the jury why he is accused he finds it very difficult to defend himself. Socrates asks to hear the charges against him, Meletus says that Socrates is guilty of boasting that he is more expert than others by studying things that no man dares to study; like the earth and what is under the earth. Socrates says I have never said such things, if anyone has witnessed hearing me say that, then come and speak. Socrates claims that none of these accusations are true. Socrates proceeds to explain why he was accused, his longtime childhood friend Chairephon, also a friend of many of the accusers, who is now dead. He went to Delphi, the god of wisdom, it was Chairephon who asked Delphi if there was any man wiser than Socrates. The god Delphi replied that no one was wiser. Socrates thought that surely it must be so... middle of paper ......if Socrates, that the people vote against him. Socrates was a teacher of knowledge; he didn't do it to gain wealth. Socrates is now clearly wondering what he did to deserve this. Then the jury votes again that the punishment is death. Socrates says that I will not be put to death for my lack of defense, but for my lack of courage. I think at this point Socrates is trying to be humble because he's seventy years old and he's already close to death and they're sentencing him to death, for nothing. Socrates prophesies that vengeance will come upon you as soon as he is dead. 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, S. M., Curd, P., & Reeve, C. D. (2000). Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Hackett.