So why in the world would our main character come to find a planet (or a system of planets) where everything about it is so very much like the ancient Greeks? He is baffled about it. But, come to find out, they had some kind of access to the Oracle at Delphi and learned that the wisest human on earth at the time when they first discovered was a guy named Socrates. Now these aliens had always been incredibly mechanically inclined, building some of the finest spacecraft in the universe. But, as for all other aspects of life they were rather dull. When they heard the Oracle's pronouncement that Socrates was the wisest man in Greece by some odd and crazy coincidence they got down to the business of extracting this man from earth and bringing him to their home planet to impart his wisdom.
Not wanting to interfere with this species they really didn't know much about they did some reconnaissance and found the perfect time to extract him. They swapped out the hemlock with some kind of liquid that would trap the soul of the man into a box they had built for the very purpose of extending the life of someone who was about to die. It was a way of saving knowledge for future generations. They did this to Socrates and took him (or his soul rather) back to their home planet where Socrates did actually get to do what he wanted to do after death. He got to debate and teach and discuss in some blessed other world after his death on earth.
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