Xenophon's Apology of Socrates

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Socratic dialogue ancient Greek literature philosophical work

Xenophon's Apology of Socrates is a Socratic dialogue in which the historian Xenophon presents an alternative account of Socrates' defense speech and character at his trial, distinct from Plato's more famous version.

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Label Occurrences
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates canonical 5
Apology of Socrates (Xenophon) 2
Apology of Socrates to the Jury 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic dialogue ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aimsTo defend Socrates' reputation ⓘ
justify Socrates' conduct at his trial ⓘ
author Xenophon ⓘ
basedOn historical Socrates ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition in antiquity ⓘ
comparedWith Apology of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Apology
countryOfOrigin Classical Greece ⓘ
describesEvent Xenophon's Apology of Socrates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Socrates' defense speech

Socrates' trial in Athens ⓘ
focusesOn Socrates' character ⓘ
Socrates' motives for accepting death ⓘ
genre apology ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
givesAlternativeAccountOf Socrates' defense compared to Plato ⓘ
hasForm short dialogue ⓘ
hasPerspectiveOf Xenophon ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of Peloponnesian War ⓘ
influencedBy Socratic oral tradition ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person commentary by Xenophon ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline ethics ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
philosophicalTheme death ⓘ
divine mission ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
piety ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Socratic philosophy ⓘ
portrays Socrates as morally exemplary ⓘ
Socrates as obedient to divine will ⓘ
Socrates as unconcerned with death ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Memorabilia ⓘ
Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
surface form: Symposium (Xenophon)
setting trial of Socrates ⓘ
subject Socrates' attitude toward death ⓘ
Socrates' daimonion ⓘ
Socrates' relations with his accusers ⓘ
Socrates' service to the city ⓘ
timeOfComposition 4th century BC ⓘ
tradition Socratic literature ⓘ
workInvolves Athenian legal system ⓘ
workType prose ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Socrates → portrayedIn → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
Xenophon → notableWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates to the Jury
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → describesEvent → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socrates' defense speech
trial of Socrates → hasPrimarySource → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
trial of Socrates → hasRelatedWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
subject surface form: Trial of Socrates
Meletus → knownFromSource → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
Xenophon’s Symposium → relatedWorkByAuthor → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates to the Jury
Memorabilia → relatedWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates (Xenophon)
Memorabilia → alsoKnownAs → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memoirs of Socrates
Oeconomicus → relatedWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates to the Jury (Xenophon)
Xenophon's Memorabilia → relatedWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
Xenophon’s Socratic writings → workIncludes → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates
Socrates and Critobulus → relatedWork → Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apology of Socrates (Xenophon)