The "Prison of Socrates" at Filopappos hill, Athens, Greece.


The "Prison of Socrates" at Filopappos hill, Athens, Greece. It is a set of caves, for which popular tradition says that is where Socrates was held and where he was forced to drink the conium which killed him. Archaeologists believe that it isn't very likely, to be true.


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Location: Socrates' prison, Filopappos hill, Athens, Greece
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