Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. ApologyXenophonLabel: Harvard University PressDescription: 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 of Sparta before settling in Elis and in the aftermath of the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC retiring to Corinth. His historical and biographical works Socratic dialogues and reminiscences and short treatises on hunting horsemanship economics and the Spartan constitution are richly informative about his own life and times.This volume collects Xenophon’s portrayals of his associate Socrates. In Memorabilia (or Memoirs of Socrates) and in Oeconomicus a dialogue about household management we see the philosopher through Xenophon’s eyes. Here as in the accompanying Symposium we also obtain insight on life in Athens. The volume concludes with Xenophon’s Apology an interesting complement to Plato’s account of Socrates’ defense at his trial.
