The central figure of this event called himself a "gadfly," in response to being charged with atheism and corrupting the youth.
One man at this event claimed he had a "sign" that had come to him since he was a child. A participant at this event agreed that it was "expedient and customary" to trust generals rather than one's fathers and brothers on military matters. One account of this event comes from Hermogenes, while in another account, a man asks for a "favor," saying: "When my sons are grown up, I would ask you, O my friends, to punish them; and I would have you trouble them, as I have (*) troubled you." After it was claimed that he believed the sun to be stone, one man at this event asked, "Do you think you are accusing Anaxagoras?" The central figure of this event called himself a "gadfly," in response to being charged with atheism and corrupting the youth. For 10 points, name this event depicted in Apologias by Xenophon and Plato, in which an Athenian philosopher was sentenced to death.
One man at this event claimed he had a "sign" that had come to him since he was a child.
the trial of Socrates [accept equivalents like Socrates being put to death; prompt on “the Apology”]