Dr.
J's
Illustrated
Plato's
Crito |
Crito: Socrates had ample time
and opportunity to escape because his execution was delayed due to a religous rite: every
year an Athenian ship sails to Delos to honor the memory of Theseus' killing of the
Minotaur, and no public executions are allowed during the time of festival. This is yet
another example of the curious intersection in classical Greece of myth and fact. |
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