Put on trial and sentenced to die, Socrates spends his last remaining days in prison. His friend Crito of Alopece, a wealthy Athenian merchant, sneaks into the philosopher’s cell and attempts to persuade him to escape into exile. Many of Socrates’ friends are ready to bribe the guards and spirit him away to a house in Thessaly, where he can live out his days in peace. However, the 70-year old argues that as a citizen of Athens, he has been found guilty of breaking its laws and should accept punishment gracefully.

A dialogue in the truest sense – only Crito and Socrates appear in this work – Plato’s Crito delves into the relationship between Law and Justice, and a citizen’s rights within those spheres.

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