Ancient Greek history

The death of Socrates was a major event in Greek history. With his death at the hands of the state, Socrates became a martyr. But the reasons for his trial and his execution are not straightforward. We have no writings from Socrates himself; our only accounts of his life and teachings come from friends and enemies. Socrates was depicted variously as an intellectual charlatan (a sophist), an atheist, and as both a mentor to the Thirty Tyrants and the personal enemy of the Thirty Tyrants. In your initial post discuss the following: why was Socrates put on trial? Your initial post should be 400-500 words long. The post must incorporate at least 2 different passages from our Aristophanes, Xenophon, or Plato readings. Make sure that you clearly demonstrate that you are constructing your post on the basis of this week’s assigned readings and state your sources at the point of use. There is no credit awarded for outside sources; there will be point deductions for the incorporation of lower-tier sources. Be sure that your post has a clear structure. Use proper English and grammar.
Below this are the websites you can find all the required reading but if the links dont work, as long as you can find the required reading somewhere else that is fine.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0241%3Acard%3D1

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0208

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0212%3Atext%3DApol.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0170%3Atext%3DApol.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.%20Euthyph.

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