Xenophon’s Symposium

E69030
Socratic dialogue ancient Greek literature philosophical work

Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.

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Label Occurrences
Symposium (Xenophon) 3
Xenophon’s Symposium canonical 2
Symposium 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic dialogue ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Xenophon ⓘ
containsScene Socrates’ defense of his own attractiveness ⓘ
conversation about eros (love) ⓘ
discussion of what makes a person truly beautiful ⓘ
contrastsWith Plato's Symposium ⓘ
surface form: Plato’s Symposium
featuresCharacter Antisthenes ⓘ
Autolycus ⓘ
Callias ⓘ
Charmides ⓘ
Critobulus ⓘ
Hermogenes ⓘ
Niceratus ⓘ
Philip the jester ⓘ
Xocrates ⓘ
focusesOn Socratic method in informal settings ⓘ
ethical questions ⓘ
genre dialogue ⓘ
symposium literature ⓘ
historicalContext classical Athens ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice banquet conversation ⓘ
character sketches ⓘ
humor ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
philosophicalConcern how virtue is expressed in daily life ⓘ
relationship between external beauty and inner goodness ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Socratic philosophy ⓘ
portrays Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Socrates as practical and moderate

sympotic culture in classical Greece ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Xenophon's Apology of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Apology of Socrates to the Jury

Memorabilia ⓘ
Oeconomicus ⓘ
setting banquet at the house of Callias ⓘ
settingPeriod late 5th century BCE Athens ⓘ
structure series of speeches in praise of personal qualities ⓘ
theme beauty ⓘ
education ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
kalokagathia (noble-and-good character) ⓘ
love ⓘ
the character of Socrates ⓘ
virtue ⓘ

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Subject: Xenophon’s Symposium
Description of subject: Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.

Referenced by (7)

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

Lamprocles → mentionedIn → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
Xenophon → notableWork → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates → relatedWorkByAuthor → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium (Xenophon)
Xenophon's Memorabilia → relatedWork → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xenophon's Symposium
Xocrates → participatesIn → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium (Xenophon)
Callias → appearsIn → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
Niceratus → appearsInWork → Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium (Xenophon)