Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology

By Xenophon, E. C. Marchant (translator), O. J. Todd (translator)

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Socrates without Plato.

Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the staff of King Agesilaus II…

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1 author picked Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Nicholas D. Smith

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This is it. If you want to see what the other most important Socratic writer has to say about Socrates, this book is required reading. The old translations of this (Loeb Library) have been wonderfully refreshed here by one of my favorite translators, Jeffrey Henderson.

What fun to read a new translation of Socrates chatting with the courtesan, Phryne, in the Memorabilia or doling out advice on domestic issues in the Oeconomicus. Yikes! Plato’s Socrates would never say such things!

From Nicholas' list on Socrates as he is depicted by authors other than Plato.