It is therefore not wholly surprising that in 399 b.c. the Athenians charged Socrates as follows: “Socrates does wrong by not acknowledging the gods the city acknowledges, and intro-ducing other, new powers (daimonia). He also does wrong by corrupting the young.” The trial of Socrates still poses many questions, but it is certain that for many Athenians Socrates had moved too close to those who questioned the traditional gods.