What is the mission? Why did he choose to die rather than give it up-If the divine mission calls him to action here on earth, isn’t allowing himself to be executed a way of giving it up? Why-why not? 

Ancient Philosophy

PROMPT 8 – Socrates’s Divine Mission: In The Apology of Socrates, Socrates claims to have a divine mission. What is the mission? Why did he choose to die rather than give it up? If the divine mission calls him to action here on earth, isn’t allowing himself to be executed a way of giving it up? Why or why not?