File:The site marker of the so-called Prison of Socrates on Philopappos Hill, 17 August 2020.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionThe site marker of the so-called Prison of Socrates on Philopappos Hill, 17 August 2020.jpg |
English: "'PRISON OF SOCRATES'
The cutting of groundwork and even of whole rooms into the rocky parts of the Hills west of the Acropolis (the Areopagus, the Hills of the Nymphs and of the Muses, the Pnyx) is especially characteristic of the area, which serves as an open-air exhibition of the town-planning and architecture of the ancients, carved into the rock. The impressive structure cut into the rocky slopes of the Hill of the Muses belongs probably to a monumental two or three-story dwelling, as we conclude from the alignments of beam-holes on the surface of the rock. The wooden beams supported the front part of the structure, which was made of stone masonry and wood. To the exterior floor belong passageways that connect with water-channels cut into the facade of the building, and a carved stairway at the south provided communication with the higher levels of the slope. The preserved back part of the structure is a complex of three rooms, carefully cut into the bedrock, with doorways at the east and a cistern at the back. The use of the rooms is unknown. Its cave-like structure, however, and its proximity to the Athenian Agora must have led to the popular tradition that the building was the "Prison of Socrates" or an "ancient bath", as guidebooks and history books inform us. In the Second World War, the structure was used to hide the antiquities of the Acropolis and the National Archaeological Museum and was sealed with a thick concrete wall." |
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Source | Own work |
Author | George E. Koronaios |
Camera location | 37° 58′ 11.7″ N, 23° 43′ 17.81″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 37.969918; 23.721613 |
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Camera manufacturer | SONY |
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Camera model | ILCE-7 |
Exposure time | 1/100 sec (0.01) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 17:06, 17 August 2020 |
Lens focal length | 24 mm |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Capture One 12.1.4 Windows |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 17:06, 17 August 2020 |
APEX shutter speed | 6.643856 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
APEX brightness | 6.3453125 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 0.96875 APEX (f/1.4) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 24 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
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Sharpness | Normal |
Lens used | FE 24mm F1.4 GM |
IIM version | 4 |