'Socrates Drinking the Hemlock', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'Socrates Drinking the Hemlock', 1890.   Creator: Unknown.

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'Socrates Drinking the Hemlock', 1890. Socrates (c470-399 BC), the first moral philosopher, sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison hemlock at his own hand. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Socrates: Greek: Philosopher
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

World Europe Greece Periféreia Protevoúsis Athens

  1. 37 59 00 N , 023 44 00 E

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5554x3912
File Size : 63,655kb


Aliases

  1. 0580065810
  1. 2-714-432
  1. 2714432

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