How did Athens, the center of Greek culture, treat Socrates?
a. Athens agreed with his suggestion to give him free room and board when he grew old and to guarantee his young children a free state-sponsored education.
b. Socrates was exiled after the Peloponnesian War.
c. Using monies from the Delian League, Athens funded his new center of learning called the Academy.
d. Athens convicted him of corrupting the youth, denying the city's gods, and believing in new ones. He was ordered to commit suicide.
e. The Athenians largely ignored him, letting him be a voice in the desert, unheard and ineffective.
d
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