An idea from The Trial and Death of Socrates

The jailer came to say goodbye and left in tears. Socrates drank the poison calmly. When his friends broke down crying, he told them to be quiet, then walked until his legs grew heavy and lay down while the numbness rose.

From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

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