Criton (disambiguation)
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Criton or Crito may refer to:
- CritoCritoCrito is a short but important dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It is a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice , injustice , and the appropriate response to injustice. Socrates thinks that injustice may not be answered with injustice, and...
dialogue of Plato - Crito of AlopeceCrito of AlopeceCrito of Alopece was a faithful, probably lifelong companion of Socrates. The two had evidently grown up together as friends, being from the same deme and of roughly the same age...
, follower of SocratesSocratesSocrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ... - Criton, comic poet of the new comedy
- Criton the MacedonianCriton the MacedonianCriton the Macedonian, is listed as a victor in the stadion race of the 113th Olympiad ....
, Olympic winner in 328 BC - Criton of PieriaCriton of PieriaCriton of Pieria , was a 2nd century Greek historian.-Titles of works:*Παλληνικά Pallenica, On Pallene, Chalcidice*Συρακουσῶν κτίσις The foundation of Syracuse...
, historian - Criton of Aegae, PythagoreanPythagoreanismPythagoreanism was the system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were considerably influenced by mathematics. Pythagoreanism originated in the 5th century BCE and greatly influenced Platonism...
philosopher - Criton and Nicolaus of Athens, sculptors of the 1st century AD
- Criton of HeracleaCriton of HeracleaCriton of Heraclea was a 2nd century Greek chief physician and procurator of Roman Emperor Trajan in the campaign in Dacia....
in Caria, (Titus Statilius Crito) (c.100 AD), Greek chief physician and procurator of TrajanTrajanTrajan , was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 AD. Born into a non-patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica, in Spain Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in Spain, in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against...
in the campaign in DaciaDaciaIn ancient geography, especially in Roman sources, Dacia was the land inhabited by the Dacians or Getae as they were known by the Greeks—the branch of the Thracians north of the Haemus range...
, who wrote the medical treatise Cosmetics and a work on history, Getica. - Pascale CritonPascale CritonPascale Criton is a French musicologist and a composer of contemporary music, more specifically microtonal music. She is particularly known for exploiting very dense microtonal scales such as 1/12 tone or 1/16 and beyond for the particular perception properties they imply.-Life:Born in 1954 in...
, French musicologist