Abstract
The author analyzes various versions of the charge against Socrates and gives a special attention to the accusation that Socrates does not believe in the gods in which the city believes. Drawing on the Timaeus, the author shows that Plato's theology and cosmology, which is seminal for Socrates' position in the Apology, provides a systematic place for the traditional Athenian gods whose goal is to, by their sudden revelations, direct humans and help them to live their lives correctly.