id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4396 Apology (Plato) - Wikipedia .html text/html 5370 622 68 The Apology of Socrates (Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BCE.[1] In his defence at trial, Socrates faced two sets of accusations: (i) asebeia (impiety) against the pantheon of Athens, by introducing new gods; and (ii) corruption of Athenian youth, by teaching them to doubt the status quo. Socrates also says that the accusations for which he is answering in court already had been spoken and published by the comic poet Aristophanes, and are therefore beyond the legal scope of a trial for corruption and impiety. Plato's Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito. Socrates on Trial: A Play Based on Aristophanes' Clouds and Plato's Apology, Crito, and Phaedo Adapted for Modern Performance. Plato's Apology of Socrates. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4396.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4396.txt