List of cultural depictions of Socrates

Socrates has frequently been featured in or the subject of literature, theater, film, television, and art.

Art



 * The Apotheosis of Homer (1827)


 * The Death of Socrates (1787)


 * Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca (3rd century AD)


 * The School of Athens (c. 1511)


 * Socrates (c. 1950)


 * Socrates, his two Wives, and Alcibiades (1660s)


 * Symposium (Feuerbach) (1869)

Literature

 * Alcibiades the Schoolboy (1652)


 * Creation (1981)
 * Historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal in which a Achaemenid Persian diplomat meets historical figures, including Socrates


 * De genio Socratis


 * Divine Comedy


 * The Just City (2015)


 * The Last of the Wine (1956)


 * The Plot to Save Socrates (2006)
 * The True Apology of Socrates by Kostas Varnalis (1931)

Music

 * "Bruces' Philosophers Song" (1973)


 * Der geduldige Socrates (1721)


 * Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954)


 * Socrate (1919)

Screen

 * Barefoot in Athens (1966)
 * Hallmark Hall of Fame television film on the last days of Socrates, starring Peter Ustinov as Socrates


 * Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
 * Science fiction comedy film in which time-traveling teenagers assemble historical figures, including Socrates, portrayed by Tony Steedman, for a high school presentation. The title characters continuously pronounce his name as the two syllable 'So-Crates'


 * Meeting of Minds (1977–1981)


 * The Philosophers' Football Match (1972), in which he scores the winning goal


 * Socrates (1971)

Stage

 * The Clouds (423 BC)
 * Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that lampoons intellectualism in classical Athens; Socrates features prominently


 * Socrates (1759)


 * Socrates on Trial (2007)

Video Games

 * Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)
 * Socrates (stylized as Sokrates) is a side character in the Ubisoft game where the player can complete quests given by Socrates which involve philosophical dilemmas, much to the annoyance of the main character.