“... Already in the nineteenth century, Johann Karl Theodor Otto noted that the phrase “Christians are detained in the world as in prison (ὡς ἐν φρουρᾷ)” (Diogn. 6:7; cf. 6:4) is reminiscent of Phaed. 62b, where Socrates says that we are all “in a sort of prison (ἔν τινι φρουρᾷ).” Henry G. Meecham pointed out that the claim that Christians are not allowed to abandon the position (τάξις) to which God (ὁ θεός) has appointed them reflects Apol. 28e–29a (cf. Phaed. 62b), where Socrates refuses to desert the post (τάξις) to which “god (ὁ θεός)” (i.e., Apollo) has ordained him. Finally, Jefford has recently argued that the anthropology of Diogn. 6 ultimately derives from Phaedr. 245c–250c. ...”