Socrates (film)
His enemies, led by a young man named Meletus, accuse him in court, arguing that the philosopher preaches crazy doctrines to the youth, and does not believe in the gods, but demons. Socrates makes his "apology" (i.e., legal defense), but the citizens are against him; so Socrates is sentenced to death, and held in prison, awaiting execution. His disciples are desperate, and one of them, Crito, tries to help him by encouraging him to flee. Socrates rejects this idea, saying he must obey the rulers of the city. Socrates then resolves to die, and dies as soon as he is forced to drink hemlock.
Apology (Plato)
Among the primary sources about the trial and death of the philosopher Socrates (469–399 BC), the "Apology of Socrates" is the dialogue that depicts the trial, and is one of four Socratic dialogues, along with "Euthyphro", "Phaedo", and "Crito", through which Plato details the final days of the philosopher Socrates.