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Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics) (Updated Edition) by Robin Waterfield (Translators Tredennick Hugh, Hugh Xenophon/ Tredennick Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1990 ISBN-10: 0-14-044517-X / 014044517X ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044517-6 / 9780140445176 After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal in |