Socrates' last words, as recorded by Plato in his dialogue Phaedo, were: "Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius; will you pay that debt and not neglect to do so?".
Asclepius was the Greek god of healing and medicine. A rooster was the traditional sacrifice offered by a recovering patient as an act of thanksgiving. Because these words were spoken just before he died from hemlock poisoning, philosophers and historians have debated their exact meaning for centuries:
The "Cure for Life" Theory: Popularized by philosophers like Friedrich Nietzsche, this interpretation suggests Socrates viewed his impending death as a cure for the illness and suffering of mortal life.
A Debt of Gratitude: Another common perspective is that Socrates viewed death as a peaceful transition rather than a punishment, and he was simply paying his final respects to the gods
Socrates is most famously known for his marriage to Xanthippe, but according to some ancient sources—including Aristotle—he may have actually had two wives.
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The historical details of his marriages include:
Xanthippe: His primary and most famous wife. She was considerably younger than Socrates and is famous in historical anecdotes for having a sharp tongue. They had three sons together: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus.
Myrto: Socrates' purported second wife. Some ancient writers claimed that the Athenian government temporarily allowed men to take a second wife to boost the population after a severe shortage of men in wars. While Aristotle noted Socrates took Myrto as a second wife
, modern scholars highly debate the truth of this bigamous arrangement