impiety

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The indictment accused him of impiety and added, “Socrates is…also guilty of corrupting the youth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The impiety of Thales had a more enduring impact, his reputation soaring over the ages.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Just as the campaign began in 415 BCE, Alcibiades’s political enemies in Athens accused him of impiety and treason, and he fled to Sparta to avoid a trial.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

She was known for making provocative statements in class, such as dismissing as a political stunt Socrates’ famous apology at his trial for impiety and corruption.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2021

Ancient sources talk about his perishing at sea for his impiety, or alternatively, say that the brotherhood banished him and constructed a tomb for him, expelling him from the world of human beings.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife