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persons of the dıalogue

phaedo, who is the narrator of the dialogue to echecrates of phlius

socrates

apollodorus

sımmıas

cebes

crıto

attendant of the prıson
phaedo

scene: the prison of socrates

place of the narratıon: phlius

echecrates. were you yourself, phaedo, in the prison with socrates on the day when he drank the poison?

phaedo. yes, echecrates, ı was.

ech. ı wish that you would tell me about his death. what did he say in his last hours? we were informed that he died by taking poison, but no one knew anything more; for no phliasian ever goes to athens now, and a long time has elapsed since any athenian found his way to phlius, and therefore we had no clear account.

phaed. did you not hear of the proceedings at the trial?

ech. yes; someone told us about the trial, and we could not understand why, having been condemned, he was put to death, as appeared, not at the time, but long afterwards. what was the reason of this?

phaed. an accident, echecrates. the reason was that the stern of the ship which the athenians send to delos happened to have been crowned on the day before he was tried.

ech. what is this ship?