![]() ![]() He makes an impassioned plea for Socrates to leave, begging him to consider not only his own well-being but also that of his friends and family. Socrates disagrees––a vision in a dream told him he still has a few days to live––but they put the question aside as Crito reasserts the urgency of departing immediately. Crito tells him that he has come to arrange for him to break out of prison, and asks him to prepare to leave quickly, as he suspects executions will resume soon. He wakes up early one morning to find Crito, his friend and student, waiting to speak with him. No one is sure exactly when the ceremony will conclude, so Socrates can only guess how long he has left to live. Now he sits in prison awaiting his execution, which cannot take place until the conclusion of a nearby religious ceremony. Socrates has been condemned to death by a jury of Athenian citizens for the crimes of asebeia and corrupting the youth. ![]()
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