Plato Coloring Page

Plato was a student of Socrates, and he wrote down many of their conversations as dialogues, almost like little plays. Around 387 BC he started a school in Athens called the Academy. It kept going for hundreds of years, and Aristotle was one of his students there.

Plato is also the first writer to mention Atlantis, a rich island that sank into the sea. Most historians think he made it up to make a point. Tradition says his real name was Aristocles and that “Plato” was a nickname meaning “broad.”