Awaiting execution in his Athens prison cell, Socrates refuses his wealthy friend Crito's offer of an escape, arguing that a citizen who has enjoyed a state's laws his whole life has no right to break them now.
Books mentioned in Crito (1)
Iliad by Homer: “'The third day hence to fertile Phthia shalt thou go.' (Homer, Il.)”
Books that mention Crito (2)
The Just City by Jo Walton: Epigraph: 'Wherever you go, there are plenty of places where you will find a welcome; and if you choose to go to Thessaly, I have friends there who will make much of you and give you complete protection, so that no one in Thessaly can interfere with you.' —PLATO, CRITO
Necessity by Jo Walton: “Named alongside the Apology in the same exchange: "it's like you said in the Apology, or was it the Crito, about agreeing to be bound by the laws of a city?"”