Memorabilia (original title in
Greek: Ἀπομνημονεύματα,
Apomnemoneumata) is a collection of
Socratic dialogues by
Xenophon, a student of
Socrates. The lengthiest and most famous of
Xenophon's Socratic writings, the
Memorabilia is essentially an
apologia (defense) of
Socrates, differing from both Xenophon'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 Xenophon's own defense of Socrates, offering edifying examples of Socrates' conversations and activities along with occasional commentary from Xenophon.