For the article on
Xenophon's work on the same subject, see
Apology (Xenophon). For other uses, see
Apology (disambiguation) (The) Apology (of Socrates) is
Plato's version of the
speech given by
Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the
gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word "apologia") of a formal defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions (from the
Greek apologia).
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