Introduction

Persons of the dialogue are both Socrates and the rich; a close friend of the judge. The debate comes at desmotirio, held by Socrates to death after his conviction. On the day of his conviction was leaving the shrine to ferry in Athens for religious ceremonies in Delos, in particular the time lag between the departure of the ship and the return is not allowed to take place in Athens executions. That was not executed the death sentence of Socrates immediately, but was postponed until the return of the ship. The voyage of the ship took 30 meres.Stin during which, the students went to the desmotirio and listened to his teaching. One of the students of the Crito had found a way to make it out desmotirio escape of Socrates. When was the ad that reached the sacred ship from Delos, comes very early in prison and proposes to Socrates to escape? Socrates refused to obey the exhortations of his friend and convince him to take interactive discussion that the escape will be an act of unfair and incompatible with the ethical principles and beliefs. The report on the subject of interactive discussion, the matter is under consideration dialogue. In the beginning Crito entrant in jail and even had the sun rises, flying to Socrates ad that appeared in recurrent sacred ship from Delos.

Discussion

Socrates says in response that he saw a dream, from which it concluded that the death penalty to be executed in two days. He saw that in his sleep a woman dressed in white, which he said that on the third day will have arrived in country Fthia. Crito shall be grateful if Socrates to escape. All means of escaping has said Crito was a great tragedy for his friends if he refused to escape from prison. ...