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Title
Athenian State Prison (Athens, Greece)
Subject
Agora (Athens, Greece)
Athens (Greece
Attikē (Greece)
Socrates, 469-399 B.C.
Description
This photograph depicts the ruins of the Athenian State Prison. Located just south of the agora, and built in 450 BCE, this building housed the most famous of all Classical philosophers, Socrates, and was the location of his suicide by the ingestion of hemlock in 399 BCE.
Creator
Proctor, Christopher
Date
30-May-2007
Rights
Noncommercial Reuse: The author of this work gives permission for this digital image to be reused
without modification for research and educative endeavors. Please cite the digital resource according to the convention provided by Omeka.
without modification for research and educative endeavors. Please cite the digital resource according to the convention provided by Omeka.
Format
image/jpg
544 KB
1280 x 960 pixels
72 PPI
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
CG0021
Coverage
Attikē (Greece)
450 BCE - 399 BCE