Translated by Zeyl, Donald J. Hackett Publishing, 1987.
This dialogue brings up the thorniest questions in Philosophy and is a foundational text in epistemology– the theory of knowledge — the attempt to delineate belief versus knowledge, apparent truth and universal truth, rhetoric and philosophy.
Socrates conversing with Aspasia who is teaching him rhetoric. This goes with the dialogue Menexenus, however it is fitting here because it shows Socrates’ interest in rhetoric.
The Debate of Socrates with Aspasia (Nicolas-André Monsiau 1801) is an example of Neoclassical and is at the Pushkin Museum of Fine arts in Moscow.
For academic commentary on this see
Geraths, C., & Kennerly, M. (2016). Painted Lady: Aspasia in Nineteenth-Century European Art. Rhetoric Review, 35(3), 197–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350198.2016.1178688
This article by Gregory Nagy explores various eras interest in Aspasia.
