The trial of Socrates, in the time period in which it occurred, in my opinion, was a fairly conducted trial. Socrates was put on trial mostly by Anytus, a powerful politician. Socrates was believed to have corrupted the youth, as well as not recognizing the gods and goddesses in which the city honored and worshiped. I believe that Socrates’s trial was fair, within their time period because Socrates went against the strict and conventional religion, opened his pupils to question Athenian life, and he created his own, new deities.
One reason that made me consider the fact that Socrates’s trial was fair is due to the matter that he went in opposition of the society’s primary religion. Because Athens was a theocracy, by Socrates going against their gods and goddesses, he could have caused disturbances in the way that their city operates. Athenians believed that Gods were responsible for many important factors of their community, such as an excellent and bountiful harvest. If one person in the community, such as Socrates, disobeyed the Gods, the community believed that the Gods would punish them as an entire civilization. By removing Socrates's from their community indefinitely, in the
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Socrates taught his pupils how to think by questioning and evaluating certain aspects of life in Athens from a more technical perspective. This new outlook could’ve caused young people in the community to find flaws with Athens and the government, and try to go against the standard, traditional ways of the community. By instructing his pupils to question how and where they live, Socrates was posed as a threat to the government. The government and other people in power believed that the youth, that was taught by Socrates may try to break away from the standards that were set, which can eventually lead to havoc within the