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'''Socratic''' [[dialogue]] (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος) is a [[genre]] of prose literary works developed in [[Greece]] at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of [[Plato]] and the Socratic works of [[Xenophon]] - either dramatic or narrative - in which characters discuss [[moral]] and [[philosophical]] problems, illustrating the [[Socratic]] method. [[Socrates]] is often the main character.
Most accurately, the term refers to works in which Socrates is a character, though as a genre other texts are included; Plato's [[Laws]] and Xenophon's [[Hiero]] are Socratic dialogues in which a wise man other than Socrates leads the discussion (the Athenian Stranger and Simonides, respectively). Likewise, the stylistic format of the dialogues can vary; Plato's dialogues generally only contain the direct words of each of the speakers, while Xenophon's dialogues are written down as a continuous story, containing, along with the narration of the circumstances of the dialogue, the "quotes" of the speakers.
According to a fragment of [[Aristotle]], the first author of Socratic dialogue was [[Alexamenes]] of [[Teos]], but we do not know anything else about him, whether [[Socrates]] appeared in his works, or how accurate Aristotle was in his unfavorable judgement about him. In addition to [[Plato]] and [[Xenophon]], [[Antisthenes]], [[Aeschines]] of [[Sphettos]], [[Phaedo]], [[Eucleides]] of Megara, [[Theocritus]], [[Tissaphernes]] and [[Aristotle]] all wrote Socratic dialogues, and [[Cicero]] wrote similar dialogues in [[Latin]] on philosophical and [[rhetorical]] themes, for example De re publica.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogue]
Most accurately, the term refers to works in which Socrates is a character, though as a genre other texts are included; Plato's [[Laws]] and Xenophon's [[Hiero]] are Socratic dialogues in which a wise man other than Socrates leads the discussion (the Athenian Stranger and Simonides, respectively). Likewise, the stylistic format of the dialogues can vary; Plato's dialogues generally only contain the direct words of each of the speakers, while Xenophon's dialogues are written down as a continuous story, containing, along with the narration of the circumstances of the dialogue, the "quotes" of the speakers.
According to a fragment of [[Aristotle]], the first author of Socratic dialogue was [[Alexamenes]] of [[Teos]], but we do not know anything else about him, whether [[Socrates]] appeared in his works, or how accurate Aristotle was in his unfavorable judgement about him. In addition to [[Plato]] and [[Xenophon]], [[Antisthenes]], [[Aeschines]] of [[Sphettos]], [[Phaedo]], [[Eucleides]] of Megara, [[Theocritus]], [[Tissaphernes]] and [[Aristotle]] all wrote Socratic dialogues, and [[Cicero]] wrote similar dialogues in [[Latin]] on philosophical and [[rhetorical]] themes, for example De re publica.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_dialogue]
