Socrates’s defense against the charges of impiety brought up by Meltus had different reasoning. In the Apology, Socrates stated that he doesn't have any type of knowledge of the sky or anything else. People have accused him of reading and studying the sky and the things below the earth. He also talks about the story of Oracle at Delphi as a reference. Later in this defense, Socrates makes the same reference again of Oracle at Delphi and he feels like it is his duty to question the people’s knowledge. He also points out that he never received any type of pay for his service and proves that his lack of poverty as his service to the
