Ancient Greek words #2

During class today, we finished the rest of the Ancient Greek words from yesterday and talked about the meaning of " the unexamined life, is not worth living " that Sacrates said. We went through the words the death of Sacrates and what the Greeks meant when they called you an idiot. The death of Sacrates was by the Athens when they said Sacrates was guilty for " messing up the minds of Athens ". Most of of Athens voted him guilty and his punishment was drinking Hemlock. Sacrates friends tried to help him escape Greece but Sacrates said he wouldn't go. Sacrates believed in his hometown and that he thought the best was to die because he was voted guilty. He was then later viewed as one of most Greece's heroes. What the ancient Greeks meant when they called you an idiot was people who didn't participate in voting's they were called an idiot. The ancient Greeks were very into the idea of voting and that everyone should vote ( except for the very poor, women, and underage ). In class we also talked about what the quote " the unexamined life, is not worth living " that Sacrates said meant. That quote meant people should be doing something in life that can help the world. Instead of doing the same thing over and over again like waking up, going to work, then coming back home, sit in front of the TV and drink all night, then sleep and start the day all over again isn't going to help. Instead people should be doing something in life to help the world like for example donating.