«Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius. Do pay it. Don't forget».
These are Socrates’ last words before Death arrived to free his soul from the grave of his body, according to the records examined by Athenian court.
Does it mean that he fell for the logic of ransaction, exactly hen he was about to experience his transient nature?
We do not think so, because there is something sarcastic in Socrates appointing somebody to sacrifice a cock on his behalf when he is about to die because of a morning
hemlock-flavoured drink and this sarcasm puts Socrates beyond those trivial things between gods and worshippers.
Worshippers demand, receive and thank, constantly afraid of suffering, dying, leaving this world. Socrates has the elegance of a warrior, which he was.
And maybe that last minute ex voto was just the last joke against the court which was accusing him not to worship the
Athenian Gods.