Right outside of the Agora was the shop of Simon the Cobbler. It is said that Socrates use to come to this shop to talk to those who were not of age to enter the Agora. Not only did Socrates talk to these young children he also taught them. All that was found in Simon the Cobbler's shop when found was shoe making utensils and his drinking cup. Simon the Cobbler is said to have written approximately thirty-three Socratic discourses, but it is also said that it could have been Plato or Xenophon instead.
Map
of the Agora
Picture
of Simon the Cobbler's Shop with Text
Just outside the Agora lie the ruins of Simon the Cobbler's shop. Socrates taught his younger pupils there because only adults could enter the Agora.
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi914.htm
Almost certainly here, just outside the Agora, was the workshop of Simon, the philosophical cobbler. A discarded cup wth his name was found in the street outside, and inside were innumerable hobnails and eyelets for laces. According to the literary evidence (Xenophon) Socrates used to chat here with the boys who were too young to enter the Agora. According to Plutarch, Pericles was also a frequent visitor.
Objects found here include nails, eyelets and - best of all - the base of a cup inscribed ΣΙΜΩΝΟΣ - "Simon's"
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eloxias/simonsshop.htm
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