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Apology of Socrates (Xenophon) — Socrates

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Apology of Socrates (Xenophon)

Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους πρὸς τοὺς δικαστάς

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A short version of the trial that dwells on the "lofty speech" (megalegoria) of Socrates' defence and explains it: he had decided it was better to die than to endure old age, and his divine sign had not opposed it. It differs from Plato's Apology in tone and several details, and is essential for the Socratic problem.

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Authorship note

A work by Xenophon (c. 430–354 BCE), a pupil of Socrates in his youth, who was in Asia at the time of the trial. It mixes his own memories, others' reports and literary elaboration with an apologetic aim. He says he relies on what Hermogenes, son of Hipponicus, reported.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Conversations of Socrates — Socrates

    Conversations of Socrates

    Penguin Classics, 1990

    Translation: Hugh Tredennick y Robin Waterfield

    ISBN 9780140445176

    Incluye la Apología, las Memorables, el Banquete y el Económico.

  • The Apology

    Project Gutenberg (trad. de H. G. Dakyns, Macmillan, 1890–1897), 1897

    Translation: Henry Graham Dakyns

    Dominio público.

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  • Apología de Sócrates por Jenofonte

    Wikisource (edición de 1871), 1871

    Traductor no identificado en la edición digital; Wikisource la marca como de dominio público en España.

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  • Recuerdos de Sócrates. Económico. Banquete. Apología de Sócrates

    Gredos (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, 182), 1993

    Translation: Juan Zaragoza

    ISBN 9788424916190

  • Apología. Banquete. Recuerdos de Sócrates — Socrates

    Apología. Banquete. Recuerdos de Sócrates

    Alianza Editorial, 2022

    Translation: José Antonio Caballero López

    ISBN 9788413626697

Other works by Socrates

Sources

  • Jenofonte. Memorables (Recuerdos de Sócrates), Apología de Sócrates, Banquete y Económico. Texto griego: Xenophontis opera omnia, ed. E. C. Marchant, vol. 2, 2.ª ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1921 (Perseus); trad. inglesa de H. G. Dakyns, The Works of Xenophon, Macmillan, Londres, 1890–1897 (Project Gutenberg).

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