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"Apology" is Plato's account of the speech Socrates gave at his trial in ancient Athens, defending himself against charges of corrupting youth and impiety. The work matters because it presents Socrates' philosophy and his commitment to questioning and truth-seeking, even when it put him at odds with his society.
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The Apology of Socrates (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC.
Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defence against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel" to Athens (24b).