Although Socrates and Oedipus’ main intentions were to protect their cities they both were treated unfairly by their own city. Oedipus said, “Leave me live in the mountains where Cithaeron is, that’s called my mountain, which my mother and my father while they were living would have made my tomb. So I may die by their by their decree who sought indeed to kill me.” (Sophocles 1452) According to Oedipus, his city has sent him to leave the city and never to come back to Thebes again. Similarly to Oedipus, Socrates was also treated unfairly by his city because the jury votes again and in the end their decision is to send Socrates to death. “Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to