Life
How did Socrates die?
Hemlock poisoning.
An unexamined life is _______
not worth living.
Did he speak out his ideas or did he write them down?
He spoke his ideas in dialogue with students and other citizens.
Socrates charged his students fees
False
The Thirty Tyrants
Socrates fought in this war between Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
Socrates likened himself to this animal/creature
A gadfly
Socrates' mother was a midwife. What is that?
A person who was trained to assist women in childbirth.
He had young children when he died.
True
Well-known critic of Socrates and comic playwright
Aristophanes
What is the name of Socrates' wife?
Xanthippe
Why was Euthyphro at the courthouse?
To prosecute his father for the death of their family's worker.
Socrates made how many enemies that brought charges against him
3 enemies
Socrates was anti-Democracy
True
Who is the Pythia?
The Oracle of Delphi, priestess of Apollo, who provided prophecies
In what year did Socrates die?
399 BC
Why did Socrates disapprove of suicide?
Our lives and deaths are controlled by the gods
Socrates was accused of being a Sophist. What is this?
Someone who proclaimed wisdom but didn't actually have it. A teacher of rhetoric.
Socrates never broke the law
False
Athens undertook an ill-fated expedition to this island in 415-413BC.
Sicily.
What was his father's job?
Stonemason
What 'punishment' did Socrates propose during his trial
To have free meals at the Prytaneum (usually reserved for Olympic victors)
The name of the theory which explains the relationship between and responsibilities of citizens and the state. Developed by Rousseau in the 18th century.
Social Contract Theory
Socrates never left Athens
False (when he went to war)
Name one Athenian and one Spartan military leader during the Peloponnesian War
Alcibiades, Pericles, Cleon, Nicias, Demosthenes - Athens
Lysander, Alcibiades, Brasidas, Archidamus III - Sparta