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Conversations of Socrates

by Xenophon Book 2 in the Penguin Classics: Ancient World series.

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Xenophon’s Socratic writings present Socrates through remembered conversations, courtroom defence and practical moral instruction. The volume gives a less abstract but highly important portrait of Socrates than Plato’s dialogues, placing him among friends, students, critics and household concerns in classical Athens.

Historical Periods

Classical Greece480–323 BCE Athenian Democracy508–322 BCE Socratic Athens and the Classical Philosophers470–322 BCE

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Classical Literature

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Socrates471 BCE–400 BCE Xenophon431 BCE–355 BCE

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