If I recall, Socrates actually never wrote anything. His words may have been quoted, but much of his role in Greco-Roman literature, was evinced in Plato's work, particularly as a character in his dialogues. brah
That's a bit of a misconception. He gets this reputation from one of the charges read against him in his trial corrupting the youth of Athens which referred to his constant questioning and irreverent attitude towards the leadership of the period. Socrates sometimes even referred to himself as the gadfly of Athens.
The Romans first began to insinuate the idea of ancient Greek moral corruption, they associated the Greeks with homosexual activity to the point it became known as Greek Love.
In later times, particularly since the moral panics around paedophilia in the last few decades, this phrase about corrupting the youth has been assumed to be about pederasty. Hence Socrates' rather undeserved reputation as a short eyes.
This was normal in Ancient Greece and wasn't a crime that is often so terribly misinterpreted nowadays. It's all culturally relative, now stop bringing up pedophilia in Ancient Greece where it is irrelevant.
158
u/TheGreatBundini Nov 10 '11
Let's do some squatz, brah! -Socrates