Later compilation
Symposium (Xenophon)
Συμπόσιον
A party at Callias' house in 422 BCE. Between performances by dancers and acrobats, the guests explain what each is proudest of; Socrates jokingly boasts of his skill as a matchmaker and of his ugliness, and gives a speech on the love of the soul, superior to that of the body. It is the genial, humorous face of Xenophon's Socrates.
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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. The author claims to have attended the banquet, which is unlikely given his age.
Editions and translations
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English
Conversations of Socrates
Penguin Classics, 1990
Translation: Hugh Tredennick y Robin Waterfield
ISBN 9780140445176
Incluye la Apología, las Memorables, el Banquete y el Económico.
Socrates
The Symposium
The Conscious LibraryThe Symposium
Project Gutenberg (trad. de H. G. Dakyns, Macmillan, 1890–1897), 1897
Translation: Henry Graham Dakyns
Dominio público.
Español
Socrates
Recuerdos de Sócrates. Económico. Banquete. Apología de Sócrates
The Conscious LibraryRecuerdos de Sócrates. Económico. Banquete. Apología de Sócrates
Gredos (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, 182), 1993
Translation: Juan Zaragoza
ISBN 9788424916190
Apología. Banquete. Recuerdos de Sócrates
Alianza Editorial, 2022
Translation: José Antonio Caballero López
ISBN 9788413626697
Other works by Socrates
- Apology of Socrates · 395
- Crito · 395
- Phaedo · 385
- Euthyphro · 395
- Symposium · 380
- Laches · 390
- Charmides · 390
- Lysis · 390
- Protagoras · 385
- Gorgias · 385
- Meno · 385
- Ion · 395
- Lesser Hippias · 395
- Euthydemus · 385
- Theaetetus · 369
- Phaedrus · 370
- Republic · 375
- Greater Hippias · 390
- First Alcibiades · 360
- Parmenides · 365
- Other dialogues of the Platonic corpus featuring Socrates · 360
- Memorabilia (Memoirs of Socrates) · 371
- Apology of Socrates (Xenophon) · 380
- Oeconomicus (The Estate Manager) · 362
- The Clouds (Aristophanes) · 423
- Aristotle's testimonies on Socrates · 340
- Life of Socrates (Diogenes Laertius, Lives II 18–47) · 230
- Fragments of the other Socratics (Aeschines of Sphettus, Antisthenes, Phaedo, Euclides) · 380
- Verses composed in prison (lost) · 399
- Socratic Epistles · 200
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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