socrates is staying at an inn near the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi.Together with his friend chaerephon, he has today asked the Oraclewho the wisest man in the world is,* so that they might go and learnfrom him. But, to their annoyance, the priestess (who provides theOracles voice on behalf of the god Apollo) merely announced, Noone is wiser than Socrates. Sleeping now on an uncomfortable bed ina tiny and exorbitantly expensive room, socrates hears a deep,melodious voice intoning his name.