The Memorabilia Recollections of Socrates By Xephon Translated by H. G. Dakyns Complete Edition Memorabilia is a collection of Socratic dialogues by Xephon, a student of Socrates. The lengthiest and most famous of Xephon's Socratic writings, the Memorabilia is essentially an apologia, defense, of Socrates, differing from both Xephon's Apology of Socrates to the Jury and Plato's Apology mainly in that the Apologies present Socrates as defending himself before the jury, whereas the former presents Xephon's own defense of Socrates, offering edifying examples of Socrates' conversations and activities along with occasional commentary from Xephon.