Collection The classical authors
Socrates
Athenian philosopher, c. 470-399 BC
Socrates wrote nothing. We know him through his disciples, above all Plato and Xenophon, and through the comedy of Aristophanes, who put him on stage while he was still alive.
Sources
- Apology of Socrates, by Plato (Apologia Sokratous). The defense at the trial of 399 BC.
- Apology of Socrates, by Xenophon (Apologia Sokratous)
- The Clouds, by Aristophanes (Nephelai, 423 BC). Comedy.
- Crito, by Plato (Kriton). Socrates refuses to escape from prison.
- Memorabilia, by Xenophon (Apomnemoneumata)
- Oeconomicus, by Xenophon (Oikonomikos)
- Phaedo, by Plato (Phaidon). The last day of Socrates.
- Symposium, by Plato (Symposion). With Alcibiades's praise of Socrates.
- Symposium, by Xenophon (Symposion)