Who was Socrates

                                     Socrates

Socrates was a leading philosopher and teacher
in an ancient Greece.His views have influenced
people through the ages.

       Socrates was born in Athens in 470 B.C., the
son of sculptor and a midwife. is served in the
\Athenian Army where he was commended for
his courage in the battle. he was married to a
woman named Xanthippe who was said to be very
bad tempered.

Possibly she was annoyed because Socrates
has no interest in money and had no personal
ambition. However, Socrates was at one time
president of the assembly, a sort of parliament of
all Athenian citizens. There he made himself
unpopular by resisting  an illegal move to bring
some generals to trial.Socrates spent most of his
time teaching young people his ideas of truth and
virtue.His accused him of corruption and heresy.

As a result, he was sentenced to death by drinking
hemlock, poison.