<P> The death sentence of Socrates was the legal consequence of asking politico - philosophic questions of his students , from which resulted the two accusations of moral corruption and of impiety . At trial , the majority of the dikasts ( male - citizen jurors chosen by lot ) voted to convict him of the two charges ; then , consistent with common legal practice , voted to determine his punishment , and agreed to a sentence of death to be executed by Socrates 's drinking a poisonous beverage of hemlock . </P>
<P> The death sentence of Socrates was the legal consequence of asking politico - philosophic questions of his students , from which resulted the two accusations of moral corruption and of impiety . At trial , the majority of the dikasts ( male - citizen jurors chosen by lot ) voted to convict him of the two charges ; then , consistent with common legal practice , voted to determine his punishment , and agreed to a sentence of death to be executed by Socrates 's drinking a poisonous beverage of hemlock . </P>
who was poisoned by hemlock in 399 bc
who was poisoned by hemlock in 399 bc
Socrates
Socrates