CRITO PLATO KRITWN PLATWN

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1 CRITO KRITWN PLATO PLATWN

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3 Crito 1 43a 44a Sorats (So): Why hav you om at this hour, Crito? Or isn't it still arly? Crito (Cr): It rtainly is. So: Aout what tim is it? Cr: Just for awn. So: I'm surpris that th prison guar was willing to amit you. Cr: H is us to m y now, Sorats, sin I visit hr so oftn. An sis, I hav on him a goo turn. So: Di you gt hr just now or a whil ago? Cr: Quit a whil ago. So: So how om you in't you wak m up immiatly, ut sat y in siln? Cr: By Zus, no, Sorats. I wish I myslf wr not so slplss an sorrowful, an so I hav n marvling at you, whn I s how pafully you'v n slping. I liratly in't wak you so that you woul pass th tim as pafully as possil. Evn for now I hav oftn thought you fortunat on aount of your manor towars your ntir lif, an vn mor so in your prsnt misfortun, how asily an almly you ar it. So: It's aus it woul out of tun, Crito, to angry at my ag if I must finally i. Cr: An yt othrs of your ag, Sorats, hav n aught up in suh misfortuns, ut thir ag os not prvnt any of thm from ing angry at his fat. So: That's tru. But why i you om so arly? Cr: Carrying trouling nws, Sorats, though not for you, as it appars, ut ply trouling for m an all of your frins, an I, it sms, am among th most havily urn. So: What is it? Has th ship arriv from Dlos,* upon whos arrival I must i? Cr: No, it hasn't arriv, ut it looks lik it will arriv toay, as on what som popl who hav om from Sounion* rport, who lft it thr. It's lar from this that it will arriv toay, an you will hav to n your lif tomorrow, Sorats. So: May it for th st, Crito. If this plass th gos, so it. Howvr, I on't think it will om toay. Cr: Whr o you gt your vin for this? So: I will tll you. I must put to ath somtim th ay aftr th ship arrivs? Cr: That's what th authoritis in ths mattrs say, at last. So: In that as, I on't think it will arriv this oming ay, ut th nxt. My vin is somthing I saw in a ram a littl whil ago uring th night. It's likly that you hos a vry goo tim not to wak m. Cr: Wll, what was th ram? So: A woman appar, oming towars m, fin an goolooking, waring whit lothing. Sh all to m an sai, "Sorats, you shall arriv in frtil Phthia on th thir ay."* Cr: What a strang ram, Sorats. So: But ovious, at last as it appars to m, Crito.

4 Crito 2 45a Cr: Too ovious, prhaps. But, my suprnatural Sorats, vn now listn to m an sav. I think that if you i it won't just on misfortun. Apart from ing sparat from th kin of frin th lik of whih I will nvr fin again, many popl, morovr, who o not know m an you wll will think that I oul hav sav you if I wr willing to spn th mony, ut that I in't ar to. An wouln't this in th most shamful rputation, that I woul sm to valu mony aov frins? For th many will not liv that it was you yourslf who rfus to lav hr, vn though w wr urging you to. So: But why shoul w, lss Crito, ar so muh aout th opinion of th many? Th st popl, who ar mor srving of our attntion, will liv that th mattr was hanl in just th way it was. Cr: But surly you s, Sorats, that w must pay attntion to th opinion of th many, too. Th prsnt irumstans mak it lar that th many an inflit not just th last of vils ut pratially th gratst, whn on has n slanr amongst thm. So: If thy wr of any us, Crito, th many woul al to o th gratst vils, an so thy woul also al to o th gratst goos, an that woul fin. But as it is thy an o nithr, sin thy annot mak a man ithr wis or foolish, ut thy o just whatvr ours to thm. Cr: Wll, lt's lav that thr. But tll m this, Sorats. You'r not worri, ar you, aout m an your othr frins, how, if you wr to lav hr, th informrs woul mak troul for us, aout how w stol you away from hr, an w woul ompll ithr to giv up all our proprty or a goo al of mony, or suffr som othr punishmnt at thir hans? If you hav any suh far, lt it go, aus it is our oligation to run this risk in saving you an vn gratr ons if nssary. So trust m an o not rfus. So: I rtainly am worri aout ths things, Crito, an lots of othrs too. Cr: Wll on't far thm. In, som popl only n to givn a littl silvr an thy'r willing to rsu you an gt you out of hr. An on top of that, on't you s how hap thos informrs ar an that w wouln't n to spn a lot of mony on thm? My mony is at your isposal, an is, I think, suffiint. Furthrmor, vn if, aus of som onrn for m, you think you shouln't spn my mony, thr ar ths visitors hr who ar prpar to spn thirs. On of thm has rought nough silvr for this vry purpos, Simmias of Ths, an Ks too is willing, an vry many othrs. So, as I say, on't giv up on saving yourslf aus you ar unasy aout ths things. An on't lt what you sai in th ourt gt to you, that you wouln't know what to o with yourslf as an xil. In many plas, whrvr you go, thy woul wlom you. An if you want to go to Thssaly, I hav som frins thr who will think highly of you an provi you with safty, so that no on in Thssaly will harass you. What's mor, Sorats, what you ar oing osn't sm right to m, giving yourslf up whn you oul hav n sav, ray to hav happn to you what your nmis woul urg an i urg in thir wish to stroy you.

5 Crito 3 46a In aition, I think you ar traying your sons, whom you oul rais an uat, y going away an aanoning thm, an, as far as you ar onrn, thy an xprin whatvr happns to om thir way, whn it's likly that as orphans thy'll gt th usual tratmnt of orphans. On shoul ithr not hav hilrn or nur th harship of raising an uating thm, ut it looks to m as though you ar taking th lazist path, whras you must hoos th path a goo an rav man woul hoos, spially whn you kp saying that you ar aout virtu your whol lif long. So I am asham oth on your half an on half of us your frins, that this whol affair surrouning you will thought to hav happn u to som owari on our part: th haring of th harg in ourt, that it am to trial whn it n not hav, an th lgal ontst itslf, how it was arri on, an, as th asur part of th affair, that y som anss an owari on our part w will thought to hav lt this final at gt away from us, w who i not sav you, nor you sav yourslf, whn it was possil an w oul hav on so if w wr of th slightst us. So s, Sorats, whthr this is oth vil an shamful, for you an for us as wll. Think ovr or rathr, thr's no longr tim for thinking ut only for iing this on onsiration, aus vrything must on this oming night; if w hang aroun any longr it will impossil an w'll no longr al to. So in vry way, Sorats, liv m an o not rfus. So: My ar Crito, your agrnss woul worth a lot if it wr in pursuit of somthing rightous, ut th mor it is not, th mor iffiult it is to al with. W must thrfor xamin whthr w shoul o this or not, aus as always, an not just now for th first tim, I am th sort of prson who is prsua in my soul y nothing othr than th argumnt whih sms st to m upon rfltion. At prsnt I am not al to aanon th argumnts I prviously ma, now that this misfortun has falln m, ut thy appar aout th sam to m, an I fr to an honor th ons I i prviously. If w hav nothing ttr than thm to offr unr th prsnt irumstans, rst assur that I will not agr with you, not if, vn mor so than at prsnt, th powr of th multitu wr to spook us as though w wr hilrn, imposing hains an aths an montary fins upon us. What's th most rasonal way w an xamin this mattr? If w first rsum this argumnt that you giv aout rputations, whthr it was orrt on ah oasion whn w sai that on must pay attntion to th opinions of som popl an not to othrs'? Was this th orrt thing to say for I ha to i, whras now it has om ovious that it was mntion insta for th sak of argumnt an was atually just playing aroun an hot air? I am trmin to xamin this togthr with you, Crito, whthr it appars iffrnt whn I onsir it in this onition, or th sam, an whthr w shoul ignor it or prsua y it. It is always put lik this, I think, y popl who think thr is somthing in it, lik I put it just now: that it is nssary to pay srious attntion to som of th opinions that mn hol an not to othrs. By th gos, Crito, osn't this sm

6 Crito 4 47a orrt to you? Baus you, as far as any human an tll, ar in no angr of ing xut tomorrow an th prsnt misfortun shoul not la you astray. Hav a look, thn. Is it fair nough to say that on shoul not valu vry human opinion ut only som an not othrs? An not th opinions of vryon ut of som an not othrs? What o you say? Isn't this right? Cr: Ys, that's right. So: Shouln't w valu th goo opinions, an not th worthlss ons? Cr: Ys. So: Arn't th goo ons th opinions of th wis, whil th worthlss ons om from th ignorant? Cr: Of ours. So: So thn, what i w say, again, aout ass suh as this: shoul a man in training, who taks it sriously, pay any h to th prais an lam an opinion of vryon, or only to on prson, th on who is a otor or a trainr? Cr: Only to th on. So: So h shoul far th ritiisms an wlom th praiss of that on prson, an not thos of th many? Cr: Clarly. So: H must prati an xris, an at an rink, in th way that sms st to that on prson, th trainr an xprt, mor than to all th othrs togthr. Cr: That's right. So: Wll thn. If h isoys this on man an ishonors his opinion an his praiss an insta honors thos of th many who know nothing aout it, won't h suffr som harm? Cr: How oul h not? So: What is this harm, an what os it tn to o, an in what part of th isoint prson? Cr: It's lar that it's in th oy, sin this is what it stroys. So: Wll sai. Isn't it th sam with th othrs, not go to ovr thm all ut in partiular justi an injusti an shamful an fin things an goo an a, whih is what our urrnt isussion is aout, whthr w must follow th opinion of th many an far it or insta th opinion of th on prson, if thr is somon who has knowlg, whom w must fr to an far mor than all th othrs togthr? If w o not h his opinion w will orrupt an harm that part of us whih oms ttr with justi an is stroy y injusti. Or on't you think so? Cr: I o in, Sorats. So: Tll m, if w stroy that part of us whih is improv y what is wholsom an orrupt y what is sikning aus w o not oy th opinion of th prson who knows, is lif worth living whn that part is ruin? This is th oy, I suppos. Or not? Cr: Ys. So: Thn is lif worth living with a wrth an orrupt oy? Cr: Not at all. So: An is lif worth living aftr th part of us whih injusti

7 Crito 5 48a 49a injurs an justi nfits has n orrupt? Or o you think this is unimportant in omparison with th oy, this part of us, whatvr it is, that injusti an justi afft? Cr: Not at all. So: But mor valual? Cr: Muh mor. So: So, st of mn, w must not pay muh h to what th many will say to us, ut to what th on who knows aout just an unjust things will say, to that on prson, an to th truth itslf. So you wr wrong, at th ginning, to ring this up, that w must h th opinion of th many onrning just things an nol things an goo things an thir opposits. "But in spit of that," somon might lar, "th many an put us to ath." Cr: That too is ovious, for somon might say so, Sorats. You'r right. So: But, you wonrful fllow, it sms to m that th following statmnt, too, whih w hav n ovr for, still rmains th sam as it i prviously. So xamin again whthr or not it still hols tru for you, that it's not living that shoul our priority, ut living wll. Cr: Why, of ours it's still tru. So: An that this is living wll an finly an justly, os that rmain tru or not? Cr: It rmains tru. So: Thrfor, as on what you'v agr, w must xamin th following, whthr it is just or unjust for m to try to lav hr, whn I was not aquitt y th Athnians. An if it sms just lt's try it, an if not, lt's aanon it. As for th points you mak aout spning mony an rputation an th upringing of hilrn, Crito, I suspt that ths ar rally qustions longing to popl who woul asually put somon to ath an rsurrt him, if thy oul, without any thought to th mmrs of th multitu. As for us, sin th argumnt rquirs it, I suppos w shoul xamin prisly what w just mntion, whthr w will at justly, w who la as wll as w who ar l, y giving mony an thanks to thos who will gt m out of hr, or whthr w will in fat at unjustly y oing all of this. If w think that w'r ating unjustly y oing ths things, I on't think w shoul tak into onsiration whthr w will i if w hol our groun an kp our pa, or anything ls w will suffr, rathr than whthr w'r ating unjustly. Cr: I think you put that wll, Sorats. S what w shoul o, thn. So: Lt's look togthr, my goo man, an if at any point you hav an ojtion to what I am saying, mak it an I will prsua you; if not, you lss man, finally quit saying th sam thing ovr an ovr, that I hav to gt out of hr against th will of th Athnians. I think it is most important to at with your onsnt an not against your will. S, thn, that th starting point of th inquiry is lai own to your satisfation an try to answr th qustions in th way you think st. Cr: I shall rtainly try. So: Do w say that w shoul nvr willingly at unjustly, or that

8 Crito 6 50a w shoul in som instans an not in othrs? Or is ating unjustly nvr goo or nol, as w oftn agr on prvious oasions? Or hav all our prvious agrmnts n ovrturn in ths last fw ays, an i w fail to noti long ago, Crito, that at our ag w ourslvs ar no iffrnt from hilrn whn w hav srious isussions with on anothr? Or aov all isn't it th sam as was sai to us thn? Whthr th many agr or not, an whthr w must aitionally suffr harshr things than ths or gntlr, nvrthlss ating unjustly is vil an shamful in vry way for th prson who os it. Do w say this or not? Cr: W o. So: An so on must nvr at unjustly. Cr: By no mans. So: An so on shoul not rpay an injusti with an injusti, as th many think, sin on shoul nvr at unjustly. Cr: It appars not. So: What nxt? Shoul on aus harm, Crito, or not? Cr: Prsumaly not, Sorats. So: An thn? Is rturning a harm for a harm just, as th many say, or not just? Cr: Not at all. So: Baus harming a man in any way is no iffrnt from oing an injusti. Cr: That's tru. So: On must nithr rpay an injusti nor aus harm to any man, no mattr what on suffrs aus of him. An s to it, Crito, that in agring with this you ar not agring ontrary to what you liv, aus I know that fw popl liv it an woul ontinu to liv it. An thr is no ommon groun twn thos who hol this an thos who on't, ut whn thy s ah othr's positions thy ar oun to spis on othr. So think arfully aout whthr you yourslf agr an liv it an lt us gin thinking from hr, that it is nvr right to at unjustly or to rturn an injusti or to rtaliat whn on has suffr som harm y rpaying th harm. Do you rjt or apt this starting prinipl? For it still sms goo to m now, as it i long ago, ut if it look som othr way to you, spak up an uat m. If you'r stiking to what w sai for, listn to what oms nxt. Cr: I o stik to it, an I apt it. Go aha. So: Hr in turn is th nxt point. Or rathr, I'll ask you: whn somon has ma an agrmnt with somon ls, an it is just, must h kp to it or tray it? Cr: H must kp to it. So: Osrv what follows from this. By laving hr without prsuaing th ity ar w oing somon a harm, an thos whom w shoul last of all harm, or not? An ar w kping to th just agrmnts w ma, or not? Cr: I'm unal to answr what you'r asking, Sorats; I on't know. So: Wll, look at it this way. If th laws an th ommunity of th ity am to us whn w wr aout to run away from hr, or whatvr it shoul all, an staning ovr us wr to ask, "Tll m, Sorats,

9 Crito 7 51a what ar you intning to o? By attmpting this, arn't you planning to o nothing othr than stroy us, th laws, an th ivi ommunity, as muh as you an? Or os it sm possil to you that any ity whr th vrits rah hav no for ut ar ma powrlss an orrupt y privat itizns oul ontinu to xist an not in ruins?" What will w say, Crito, to ths qustions an othrs lik thm? Baus thr's a lot mor a prson oul say, spially an orator, on half of this law w'r stroying, whih stalishs th vrits that hav n i as sovrign. Or will w say to thm "Th ity trat us unjustly an i not i th as proprly"? Will w say this or somthing lik it? Cr: By Zus, that's what w'll say, Sorats. So: What if th laws thn sai, "Sorats, i w agr on this, w an you, to honor th isions that th ity maks?" An if w wr surpris to har thm say this, prhaps thy woul say, "Sorats, on't surpris at what w'r saying ut answr, sin you ar us to partiipating in qustioning an answring. Com thn, what rason an you giv us an th ity for trying to stroy us? Di w not, to gin with, giv irth to you? An wasn't it through us that your fathr marri your mothr an oniv you? So show thos of us, th laws onrning marriags, what fault you fin that kps thm from ing goo?" "I fin no fault with thm," I woul say. "What aout th laws onrning th upringing an uation of hilrn, y whih you too wr rais? Or in't thos of us, th laws stalish on this mattr, giv goo instrutions whn thy irt your fathr to uat you in th arts an gymnastis?" "Thy i," I woul say. "Wll, thn. Sin you hav n orn an rought up an uat, oul you say that you wr not our offspring an slav from th ginning, oth you an your anstors? An if this is so, o you suppos that justi twn you an us is as on quality, an o you think that whatvr w might try to o to you, it is just for you to o ths things to us in rturn? Justi twn you an your fathr, or your mastr if you happn to hav on, was not as on quality, so that you oul not o whatvr you ha suffr in rturn, nithr spak ak whn ross nor strik ak whn struk nor many othr suh things. Will you allow to o this to your homlan an th laws, so that, if w try to stroy you, thinking this to just, you will thn try to stroy us th laws an your homlan in rturn with as muh powr as you hav an laim that you'r ating justly in oing so, th man who truly ars aout virtu? Ar you so wis that it has slipp your min that th homlan is srving of mor honor an rvrn an worship than your mothr an fathr an all of your othr anstors? An is hl in highr stm oth y th gos an y mn of goo sns? An that whn sh is angry you shoul show hr mor rspt an omplian an oin than your fathr, an ithr onvin hr or o what sh ommans, an suffr without omplaining if sh orrs you to suffr somthing? An that whthr it is to atn or imprison, or to woun or kill if sh las you into war, you must o it? An that justi is lik this, an that

10 Crito 8 52a you must not aunt or withraw or aanon your position, ut at war an in th ourts an vrywhr you must o what th ity an th homlan orrs, or onvin hr y appaling to what is naturally just? An that it is not holy to us for against on's mothr or fathr, an it is so muh wors to o so against on's homlan?" What will w say to this, Crito? That th laws spak th truth? Or not? Cr: It looks so to m. So: "Consir, thn, Sorats" th laws might say, "whthr w spak th truth aout th following: that it is not just for you to try to o to us what you'r now attmpting. For w gav irth to you, rought you up, uat you, an gav you an all th othr itizns vrything w oul that's goo, an yt vn so w pronoun that w hav givn th powr to any Athnian who wishs, whn h has n amitt as an ault an ss th affairs of th ity an us th laws an is not plas with us, to tak his possssions an lav for whrvr h wants. An if any among you wants to liv in a olony aus w an th ity o not satisfy him, or if h wants to go somwhr ls an liv as a forignr, non of us laws stans in th way or foris him from taking his possssions with him an laving for whrvr h wants. But whovr rmains with us, having osrv how w i lawsuits an tak ar of othr ivi mattrs, w laim that this man y his ation has now ma an agrmnt with us to o what w omman him to o, an w laim that anyon who os not oy is guilty thr tims ovr, aus h isoys us who gav irth to him, an who rais him, an aus, spit agring to sujt to us, h os not oy us or prsua us if w ar oing somthing impropr, an although w giv him an altrnativ an on't angrily prss him to o what w orr ut insta w allow ithr of two possiilitis, ithr to prsua us or to omply, h os nithr of ths. W say that you spially will lial to ths hargs, Sorats, if in you arry out your plans, an you not last of th Athnians ut most of all." If, thn, I woul say, "How o you man?", prhaps thy woul sol m justly, saying that I hav ma this agrmnt mor than othr Athnians. Thy might say, "Sorats, w hav grat vin for this, that w an th ity satisfy you. For you woul nvr hav liv hr mor than all of th othr Athnians unlss it sm partiularly goo to you, an you nvr lft th ity for a fstival, xpt on to Isthmos, ut nvr to anywhr ls, xpt on military uty, nor i you vr mak anothr trip lik othr Athnians, nor i any urg siz you to gt to know a iffrnt ity or othr laws, ut w an our ity wr suffiint for you. So intntly i you hoos us an agr to govrn y us that, in partiular, aus th ity was satisfatory to you, you ha hilrn in it. Morovr, at your trial you oul hav propos xil, if you ha wish, an what you'r now trying to o to th ity without hr onsnt, you oul hav on thn with hr onsnt. At th tim, you pri yourslf on not ing angry if you ha to i, an you hos ath, you sai, in prfrn to xil. But now you nithr fl sham in th fa of thos wors nor hav you any rspt for us th laws. By trying to stroy

11 Crito 9 53a us you ar oing what th most spial slav woul o, trying to run away ontrary to th ontrat an th agrmnt y whih you agr to govrn y us. So answr us first on th partiular point of whthr or not w spak th truth in laiming that you agr to govrn y us in an not mrly in wors." What an w say to this, Crito? Mustn't w agr? Cr: W must, Sorats. So: "Arn't you", thy might say, "going against your ontrat an agrmnt with us ourslvs, whih you wr not for to agr to nor iv aout nor ompll to i upon in a short tim ut ovr svnty yars, in whih tim you oul hav gon away if w i not satisfy you an ths agrmnts i not appar just to you. You i not prfr Lakaimonia* nor Crt, ah of whih you laim is wll-govrn, nor any othr of th Hllni itis or th forign ons, ut you lft it lss than th lam an th lin an th othr isal popl. Evintly th ity an also w th laws wr so muh mor plasing to you than to othr Athnians, for is a ity without laws satisfatory to anyon? Now thn, won't you kp to your agrmnt? You will, if you ar onvin y us, at any rat, Sorats; an at last you won't look riiulous y laving th ity. "Just think aout what goo it woul o you an your frins if you rak it an o wrong in on of ths ways. It's prtty lar that your frins will risk xil along with you an isnfranhismnt from th ity an onfisation of thir proprty. An if you first go to on of th losst itis, to Ths or to Mgara sin oth ar wll-govrn you woul an nmy, Sorats, of thos govrnmnts, an all thos who ar aout thir itis will rgar you suspiiously, thinking that you ar a stroyr of th laws. An you will onfirm th opinion of th jugs in thinking that thy jug th as orrtly, sin whovr is a stroyr of th laws woul rtainly onsir in som way a stroyr of young an foolish mn. "Will you fl, thn, from wll-govrn itis an from th most iviliz popl? Is it worth it to you to liv lik this? Will you assoiat with thm, Sorats, an fl no sham whn talking with thm? What will you say, Sorats what you sai hr, that virtu an justi ar most valual for humans an lawfulnss an th laws? An you on't think th onut of this Sorats will appar shamful? On shoul think so. "But will you lav ths plas an go to Crito's frins in Thssaly, sin thr is plnty of isorr an isoin thr? Thy might listn with plasur to you, aout how you amusingly ran away from prison waring som ostum or a pasant's vst or somthing ls of th sort that runaways typially rss thmslvs in, altring your apparan. But still, will no on say that an ol man, who proaly only has a short tim lft in his lif, was so gry in his sir to liv that h ar to violat th gratst laws? Prhaps not, if you o not annoy anyon. But if you o, Sorats, you will har many ishonoral things aout yourslf. You will surly spn your lif suking up to vryon an ing a slav. What ls will you o ut fast in Thssaly, as though you ha travl to Thssaly for innr? An thos sphs, th ons aout

12 Crito 10 54a justi an th othr virtus, whr will thy? "Is it for th sak of your hilrn that you want to liv, so that you an rais an uat thm? What ar you going o, in that as? You'll rais an uat thm y ringing thm to Thssaly an making thm outsirs, so that thy will njoy that nfit too? Or if not that, will thy grow up ttr if thy ar rais an uat with you aliv ut away from thm, aus your frins will tak ar of thm? Is it that if you go to Thssaly, thy'll look aftr thm, ut if you go to Has thy won't? If thos who laim to your frins ar any goo, you must liv thy will. "So onvin y w who rought you up, Sorats, an o not put hilrn or lif or anything ls aha of justi, so that whn you go to Has you will al to provi all this as your fns to thos who rul thr. Sin nithr in this worl, nor in th nxt whn you arriv, will this ation thought ttr or mor just or mor pious for you an your frins to o. But as it is you lav us, if in you part, having n on an injusti not y us, th laws, ut y mn. If you rturn th injusti, howvr, an rpay th harm an fl in sham, having violat your agrmnt an ontrat with us an harm thos who last of all shoul harm, yourslf, your frins, your homlan, an us, w will mak lif har for you whil you'r aliv, an thn our rothrs, th laws in Has, will not riv you favoraly, knowing that you also tri to stroy us as far as you wr al. So o not prsua y Crito to o what h says insta of what w say." Rst assur, my ar frin Crito, that this is what I sm to har, just as th Koruants* sm to har th pips, an this soun, from ths wors, rsonats within m an maks m unal to har anything ls. So awar that, as on what I urrntly liv, at last, if you spak in opposition to this, you will spak in vain. Nvrthlss, if you honstly think you an o somthing mor, spak. Cr: No, Sorats. I am unal to spak. So: Thn lt it, Crito, an lt us at in this way, sin this is whr th go las us. NOTES A star (*) in th txt iniats a not ship arriv from Dlos. Sorats has spnt a month in prison sin th trial aus h oul not xut until a rligious mission rturn from th islan of Dlos, th mythial irth-pla of Artmis an Apollo an whr Thsus slay th minotaur, for rturning to Athns. Sounion. Th tip of Attia; a halan 200 ft aov sa-lvl aring a tmpl to Posion. you shall arriv in frtil Phthia on th thir ay. Ilia Ahills is thratning to lav Troy an rturn hom. Lakaimonia. Sparta. Koruants. In th ult of Kul, worshipprs an as though possss.