Crito

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Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.

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Label Occurrences
Crito canonical 20
Plato's Crito 6
"Crito" by Plato 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Athenian person
character in Plato's dialogues
follower of Socrates
appearsIn Apology of Socrates
surface form: "Apology" by Plato

Crito self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Crito" by Plato

"Euthydemus" by Plato
Phaedo
surface form: "Phaedo" by Plato
associatedWith Classical Athens
Plato
Socrates
child Critobulus
citizenship Athenian
contrastedWith Socrates' commitment to obeying Athenian law
culturalContext Classical Greek philosophy
deathPlace Athens
surface form: Athens (uncertain, inferred from context)
dialogueGenreContext Socratic dialogue
dialogueSetting Socrates' prison cell in Athens
ethicalConcernInDialogue duty to friends
duty to one's children
reputation among the many (public opinion)
family father of Critobulus
gender male
historicity generally regarded as a historical associate of Socrates
knownFor appearing in Plato's dialogue "Crito"
friendship with Socrates
loyalty to Socrates
urging Socrates to escape from prison
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek
mentionedIn Xenophon's writings about Socrates
motivatedBy concern for Socrates' life
fear of public opinion if he does not save Socrates
nameInGreek Κρίτων
offers to finance Socrates' escape
philosophicalPositionInDialogue priority of saving a friend over strict obedience to the law
philosophicalThemeContext justice
law and obligation
loyalty and friendship
proposes plan for Socrates to escape his death sentence
relationshipToSocrates devoted follower
financial supporter
longtime companion
roleInDialogue interlocutor of Socrates
socialStatus wealthy Athenian
sourceForLifeOfSocrates Crito self-linksurface differs
surface form: Plato's "Crito"

Phaedo
surface form: Plato's "Phaedo"
timePeriod 5th century BCE

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The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David depicts Crito
subject surface form: The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David basedOn Crito
subject surface form: The Death of Socrates
Socrates portrayedIn Crito
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito
Plato notableWork Crito
Crito appearsIn Crito self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "Crito" by Plato
Crito sourceForLifeOfSocrates Crito self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Plato's "Crito"
Phaedo relatedWork Crito
Apology relatedWork Crito
Critobulus father Crito
Critobulus mentionedIn Crito
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito
"Euthydemus" by Plato dialogueParticipants Crito
subject surface form: Euthydemus
trial of Socrates hasPrimarySource Crito
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito
trial of Socrates hasRelatedWork Crito
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito
Simmias of Thebes mentionedIn Crito
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito
the Laws of Athens (personified) appearsIn Crito
subject surface form: Laws of Athens (personified)
this entity surface form: Plato's Crito