Collection The classical authors
Plato
Athenian philosopher, c. 428-348 BC
The dialogues have come down to us in nine tetralogies, in the order of Thrasyllus. The division into periods used below is the most widely accepted, but the chronology is uncertain.
Works
Early dialogues
- Apology (Apologia Sokratous). Socrates' defense at his trial in 399 BC.
- Charmides
- Crito (Kriton)
- Euthyphro (Euthyphron)
- Gorgias
- Hippias Minor (Hippias elatton)
- Ion
- Laches
- Lysis
- Protagoras
Middle dialogues
- Cratylus (Kratylos)
- Euthydemus (Euthydemos)
- Menexenus (Menexenos)
- Meno (Menon)
- Parmenides
- Phaedo (Phaidon). The last day of Socrates.
- Phaedrus (Phaidros)
- The Republic (Politeia). Ten books.
- Symposium (Symposion)
- Theaetetus (Theaitetos)
Late dialogues
Letters and works of disputed authorship
- Alcibiades I (Alkibiades)
- Epinomis. Perhaps by Philip of Opus.
- Hippias Major (Hippias meizon)
- Letters (Epistolai). Thirteen; the Seventh, the longest, is the most debated.