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[57a]

Echecrates
Were you with Socrates yourself, Phaedo, on the day when he drank the poison in prison, or did you hear about it from someone else?

Phaedo
I was there myself, Echecrates.

Echecrates
Then what did he say before his death? and how did he die? I should like to hear, for nowadays none of the Phliasians go to Athens at all, and no stranger has come from there for a long time, [57b] who could tell us anything definite about this matter, except that he drank poison and died, so we could learn no further details.

Phaedo
Did you not even hear about the trial and how it was conducted?

Echecrates
Yes, some one told us about that, and we wondered that although it took place a long time ago, he was put to death much later. Now why was that, Phaedo?


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