Socrates and Plato at the Fires of Wisdom
A medium-wide angle Dutch tilt shot of twilight in an Athenian courtyard shows Socrates (mid-60s, weathered face, salt-and-pepper beard, white himation) defiantly standing on marble steps. Plato (early 20s, intense dark eyes, blue chiton) holds a burning scroll marked 'Psyche-Logos,' with flames reflecting in the eyes of three disciples—Xenophon (balding, 30s) shielding his eyes, Aristippus (curly-haired, smirking) adding oil to the fire, and a shadowed figure holding a dagger. The scene includes crumbling ivy-covered Doric columns, bronze astrolabes scattered about, and a faintly glowing neural pathway mosaic floor. Socrates gestures to a half-carved golden-emitting stone brain sculpture, holding a wax tablet inscribed with 'μῆτις'. Smoke rises into a stormy sky where constellations form Plato's dialogues.
