Western Civ 3/19 - cyber day 3 paragraph
Athenian democracy was a mess without Pericles. Pericles' death shows the holes and mistakes in the ruling. Athenian Army won a skirmish with Sparta and when the leaders returned they were thrown into prison. The failure to rescue the men that fell overboard in the storm was a crime. They wanted to execute them. Socrates was the only one who stood up against him. He questioned the society, it finally had a purpose. He refused to give into higher power. He couldn't convince the assembly and the generals were put to death by drinking Hemlock. This was seen as wrong, he didn't think they needed to be put to death, his conscience and reasoning led him to stand up.
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