judges who voted the philosopher guilty said that they would not have considered the death penalty for him. Rhetorical scholar Collin Bjork contended that Plato's depiction of the trial makes an important contribution to rhetorical theories of ethos, one that countered "prevailing notions of rhetoric as an art primarily concerned with making individual speeches and foreground[ed] instead the rhetorical impact of a lifetime of philosophical-cum-rhetorical activity" (258). See also Meno Phaedo The unexamined life is not worth living References Further reading Filonik, Jakub (2013). "Athenian impiety trials: a reappraisal". Dike: rivista di storia del diritto greco ed ellenistico 16: 11–96. (cloth); (paper); (e-pub) External links The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law, The Trial of Socrates (alternate link) Socrates – features photographs of the philosopher's haunts Apology of Socrates - Read Online at Tufts.edu https://socratesontrial.org/ 399 BC 4th century BC in Greece Ancient Greek law Direct democracy Socrates Society of ancient Greece Trials in Greece History of Classical Athens Persecution of philosophers Religious persecution