Here's What It Was Like For Prisoners In Ancient Athens

The concept of lawbreakers being confined in prison as punishment is so ingrained in our way of thinking that it might not even occur to most people that there are other ways of doing things. But in ancient Greece, prison wasn't viewed as a valid form of punishment at all.

Instead, the ancient Greeks used prison simply as a short term way to keep accused people confined until their trial was held, or their real sentence could be executed. And we do mean executed. So why was jail seen as a fate worse than death? Here's what it was like for prisoners in ancient Greece.

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“Greek prison?” Not really. | 0:00
Greek justice | 0:48
Non-prison punishments | 1:19
Distorted justice | 2:04
Curse of blood guilt | 2:53
Athenian death penalty | 3:29
Plato’s thoughts on prison | 4:47
Athens's surprisingly small jailhouse | 6:54
Athenian courtroom procedure | 6:56
Leniency on jailbreaks | 8:01
Greece’s most-famous trial | 8:52
The execution of Socrates | 10:03

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