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Memorabilia (Xenophon)

Also known by the Greek tiltle Apomnemoneumata, the alternate (and more accurate) Latin translation Commentarii, and a variety of English translations (Recollections, Memoirs, etc.). The lengthiest and most famous of Xenophon's Socratic writings, the Memorabilia is a more serious apologia (defense) of Socrates than either Xenophon's Apology or Plato's Apology. The first few chapters give responses to the charges against Socrates made in the Kategoria of Polycrates the sophist, and the rest of the work consists of short episodes of Socrates conversing with friends, rival teachers, and notable Greeks, with a few narrative remarks on Socrates' teachings.

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