So you think it's strange that the Athenians treated Socrates that way? Hold on. Why do you say "Socrates"? Call it what it really was: it's strange that Socrates' poor body got dragged off to prison by stronger men. Someone gave poison to Socrates' poor body, and it stopped breathing. Do these things seem strange to you? Do they seem unfair? Do you blame God for them? But did Socrates get nothing in return? Where was his sense of what's truly good? Who should we listen to — you or him? And what does Socrates say? "Anytus and Melitus can kill me, but they cannot hurt me." And he also says, "If this is what God wants, so be it."
How strange then that Socrates should have been so treated by the Athenians. Slave, why do you say Socrates? Speak of the thing as it is: how strange that the poor body of Socrates should have been carried off and dragged to prison by stronger men, and that anyone should have given hemlock to the poor body of Socrates, and that it should breathe out the life. Do these things seem strange, do they seem unjust, do you on account of these things blame God? Had Socrates then no equivalent for these things? Where then for him was the nature of good? Whom shall we listen to, you or him? And what does Socrates say? "Anytus and Melitus can kill me, but they cannot hurt me." And further, he says, "If it so pleases God, so let it be."