The Agora in
400 BCE








Stoa Basileios: where Socrates went to answer Meletus' summons
Old Bouleuterion: where the Council (Boulê) met; repository for state archives (including the indictment of Socrates); in front of it was the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
Tholos: Dining Hall for the Prytaneis ("presiding officers") of the Council
Heliaia: where the trial of Socrates was probably held

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