Νόμοι και Επινομίς, Τόμος B

by Plato

"Νόμοι και Επινομίς, Τόμος B" by Plato is a dialogue written toward the end of his life, after his third journey to Sicily. This extensive work presents three elderly men—an unnamed Athenian stranger, the Cretan Cleinias, and the Spartan Megillus—journeying from Knossos to Zeus's cave and temple. Unlike other Platonic dialogues, Socrates is absent. The men discuss the practical governance of a real, imperfect state through detailed legal codes and constitutional principles, bridging the gap between Plato's ideal republic and actual Greek political reality.