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Oeconomicus (The Estate Manager) — Socrates

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Oeconomicus (The Estate Manager)

Οἰκονομικός

Busto de Sócrates (Louvre)
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A dialogue on managing a household and a farm. Socrates reports to Critobulus what Ischomachus, a model landowner, taught him about educating his young wife, domestic order and agriculture. It is an exceptional document on economic life and the condition of women in classical Athens.

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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.

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 Economist

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

    Translation: Henry Graham Dakyns

    Dominio público.

Español

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

    Gredos (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, 182), 1993

    Translation: Juan Zaragoza

    ISBN 9788424916190

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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