Socrates
Socratic Epistles
Traditional attribution
Socratic Epistles
Σωκρατικαὶ ἐπιστολαί
Some thirty letters: the first, supposedly by Socrates, decline invitations from kings and defend poverty; the rest present themselves as correspondence among Antisthenes, Aristippus, Xenophon, Plato and other Socratics after their master's death. They are of interest as evidence of Socrates' reception in the popular philosophy of the Roman period.
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Authorship note
Spurious. A collection of letters attributed to Socrates and his pupils, written in the imperial period (probably between the first and third centuries CE) as a rhetorical exercise in Cynic vein. Socrates wrote none.
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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
- Symposium (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
Sources
- Giannantoni, Gabriele (ed.). Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae, 4 vols. Bibliopolis, Nápoles, 1990 (fragmentos de Esquines de Esfeto, Antístenes y demás socráticos).
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