Conium maculatum 399 BC, and his trial resulted in a death sentence. Although Socrates could have avoided death, he decided to take a potent infusion of the hemlock plant. Plato described Socrates' death in the "Phaedo": Although many have questioned whether this is a factual account, it is the perspective of Bloch that careful attention to Plato's words, modern and ancient medicine and other ancient Greek sources point to this account being consistent with "Conium" poisoning. Conium maculatum Conium maculatum, the hemlock or poison hemlock, is a highly poisonous biennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and
Nasturtium (genus) Nasturtium (genus) Nasturtium () is a genus of seven plant species in the family Brassicaceae (cabbage family), best known for the edible watercresses "Nasturtium microphyllum" ("Rorippa microphylla") and "Nasturtium officinale" ("R. nasturtium-aquaticum"). "Nasturtium" was previously synonymised with "Rorippa", but molecular evidence supports its maintenance as a distinct genus more closely related to "Cardamine" than to "Rorippa" "sensu stricto" (Al-Shehbaz & Price, 1998; Al-Shehbaz, Beilstein & Kellogg, 2006). Watercress or yellowcress is a common name for plants in this genus. These plants are related to garden cress and mustard, noteworthy for a peppery, tangy (pungent) flavor. The name Nasturtium comes from