The punishment? Death by drinking poison. But what if Socrates’ execution was more than just a tragic moment in history? What ...

In the year 399 BC, seventy years after he was born, Socrates was brought before the Athenian court on charges of impiety and corrupting the city's youth. His belief that the gods must be good or ...

His protests came to nothing and the generals were executed by being forced to drink hemlock. Socrates, by standing up for what was right, had made himself dangerous political enemies.

Highly poisonous plant spreading throughout US: How to recognize and get rid of it • Poison Hemlock, linked to Socrates' execution, is spreading across the U.S. • Fatal if ingested ...