Plato

Plato (ca. 429–347 B.C.E.), an Athenian philosopher and student of Socrates, was the founder of the Academy, whose greatest student was Aristotle. Plato’s works are presented in the form of dialogues, in which the great philosopher himself does not appear and never asserts views as his own. A considerable body of material has survived, including Crito, Phaedo, Gorgias, Phaedrus, Protagoras, Symposium, Meno, Timaeus, Cleitophon, and Theaetetus. His major works are Laws (twelve books) and the Republic (ten books).

Craig A. Evans, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005), 294.