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What poison was Socrates sentenced to drink?
Answer: Hemlock
Why: Poison hemlock is a herb of the carrot family, unrelated to the evergreen hemlock trees that share its name.
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Which Aristophanes comedy has Socrates as a character?
Answer: The Clouds
Why: He makes his first entrance in the play hanging in a basket high above the stage.
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What reward did Socrates ask for instead of a penalty?
Answer: Free public meals
Why: Athens granted meals in the Prytaneum as an honor to public benefactors and Olympic victors.
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What field did Socrates turn philosophy toward?
Answer: Ethics
Why: Earlier Greek thinkers, now called the Presocratics, mostly studied nature and the cosmos.
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Who painted The Death of Socrates in 1787?
Answer: Jacques-Louis David
Why: It shows Plato as an old man at the foot of the bed, though he was young at the time and not present.
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Which dialogue gave its name to Socrates' dilemma about piety?
Answer: Euthyphro
Why: It asks whether the gods love what is pious because it is pious, or whether it is pious because they love it.
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