Nonetheless, Socrates did not lose his calm demeanor and, although during the trial he could propose to the jury his self-exile, he did not do it when his friends offered to help him flee afterward, since life away from his beloved city was pointless for him.
No entanto, Sócrates non perdeu a calma e, aínda que durante o xuízo el podería propor ao xurado o seu autoexilio, non o fixo, posto que a vida fóra da súa querida cidade xa non tería sentido para el.