Xenophon's Memorabilia

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Xenophon's Memorabilia is a Socratic dialogue in which Xenophon defends and portrays Socrates’ character and philosophy through recollected conversations and anecdotes.

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instanceOf Socratic dialogue
ancient Greek prose work
philosophical work
author Xenophon
countryOfOrigin Classical Greece
dateWritten 4th century BC
defendsAgainst charges of corrupting the youth
charges of impiety
genre dialogue
philosophy
hasCharacter Antisthenes
Aristodemus
Callias
Critobulus
Euthydemus
Socrates
Xenophon
historicalContext after the trial and execution of Socrates
influenced later interpretations of Socrates
language Ancient Greek
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature
mainSubject Socrates
Socratic method
Socratic philosophy
education
ethics
justice
piety
self-control
virtue
narrativeForm anecdotes
recollected conversations
originalTitle Ἀπομνημονεύματα
originalTitleLanguage Ancient Greek
philosophicalTradition Socratic philosophy
classical Greek ethics
portrays Socrates as a moral teacher
Socrates as beneficial to his companions
Socrates as just
Socrates as pious
preservedIn manuscript tradition of Xenophon
purpose defense of Socrates
portrayal of Socrates’ character
presentation of Socrates’ philosophy
relatedWork Apology of Socrates
surface form: Plato's Apology

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
Xenophon’s Symposium
surface form: Xenophon's Symposium
structure four books
title Memorabilia
writtenBy Xenophon
surface form: Xenophon of Athens

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trial of Socrates hasPrimarySource Xenophon's Memorabilia
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
trial of Socrates hasRelatedWork Xenophon's Memorabilia
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
Phaenarete describedIn Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: Xenophon's writings
Memorabilia hasPart Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: Book II of Memorabilia
Memorabilia hasPart Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: Book IV of Memorabilia
Niceratus appearsInWork Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: Memorabilia (Xenophon)
Book I of Memorabilia workDivision Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: book of Memorabilia by Xenophon
Prodicus mentionedIn Xenophon's Memorabilia
this entity surface form: Xenophon's "Memorabilia"