socrates is staying at an inn near the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi.

Together with his friend chaerephon, he has today asked the Oracle
who the wisest man in the world is,* so that they might go and learn
from him. But, to their annoyance, the priestess (who provides the
Oracle s voice on behalf of the god Apollo) merely announced, No
one is wiser than Socrates. Sleeping now on an uncomfortable bed in
a tiny and exorbitantly expensive room, socrates hears a deep,
melodious voice intoning his name.