Xenophon, whom Diogenes Laertius included among the Greek philosophers, composed a series of writings in which he followed Socratic tradition. However, preserved texts of logoi Sokratikoi, besides our author and some extant fragments, are reduced to the works of Plato, Aristotle and the references of Aristophanes. This explains the coincidence of titles of Xenophon with Plato's Apology and Symposium. Nevertheless, it does not mean a direct subordination of each other. On the contrary, a study of the treatment of the topic of love in Xenophon's Symposium, in our opinion, reveals the originality of this author who, as in the rest of his works, is inspired in the pedagogic ideal represented by Socrates. The Socratic ideal is summarized in the ...