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239 Appendix: Dramatic Dates of Plato’s Dialogues Dialogues with Dramatic Dates in Socrates’ Lifetime (470/469–399 B.C.E.) Parmenides (Socrates very young) 450–445 Alcibiades I (Alcibiades not yet twenty) 433 Charmides (Socrates returns from Potidea) 432 Protagoras Republic (Thracian goddess unveiled) 430 Laches (Delium retreat) 424 Symposium (Agathon’s victory) 416 Ion (Ephesus’ revolt) 412 Gorgias (Socrates’ council service) later than 406 Euthydemus (Alcibiades dead) later than 404 Meno (winter 402) 402 Theaetetus (Socrates says he must go to King 399 Archon’s office) Sophist (the day after Theatetus) 399 Statesman (same day as Sophist) 399 Euthyphro (Socrates on way to King Archon) 399 Apology 399 Crito (Socrates in jail) 399 Phaedo (Socrates’ execution) 399 Dialogues That Give No Indication of Dramatic Date Lysis Cratylus Phaedrus Laws Hippias Major Hippias Minor Timaeus Philebus Primary source: Diskin Clay’s Platonic Questions: Dialogues with the Silent Philosopher ...

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