SOCRATES BY XENOPHON

In 399 B. C. in Athens a judicial process, whose discussion has lasted until the present time, condemned Socrates, the most famous of ali philosophers, to death. To this process Xenophon dedicated three works, Memorabilia, Symposium and Apology, ali of them characterized by the partiality of a disciple totally committed to the defense of his master, who had been unfairly condemned. From the description of these works it is, thus, excluded every element that could be considered harmful to Socrates' image: a Socrates that is not so much the philosopher, but instead the master, who is familiar and friendly: a Socrates without defects, the chastest, the fairest, the most helpful, the most reserved, the most prudent, the wiser, the most apt and efficient; in sum, the best and luckiest of ali men, whom Athenians condemned because they were unable to understand him.