Plato 428? BCE-348? BCE creator Jowett, Benjamin 1817-1893 text utu 1999 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Crito" by Plato is a dialogue written around 399 BC. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his friend Crito as Socrates awaits execution in prison. Crito urges Socrates to escape, offering money and refuge, but Socrates refuses. Through their debate about justice and injustice, Socrates personifies the Laws of Athens to argue that wrongdoing cannot be answered with wrongdoing. The dialogue presents an early statement of social contract theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Death of Socrates 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crito Release date is 1999-03-01 This etext was prepared by Sue Asscher Original publication data not identified Classical literature Philosophy, Ancient Justice -- Early works to 1800 Dialogues, Greek -- Translations into English B PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1657 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1657 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133047.0 1657