Socrates’ Tomb in Antisthenes’ Kyrsas and its Relationship with Plato’s Phaedo

Abstract Socrates’ burial is dismissed as philosophically irrelevant in Phaedo 115c-e although it had previously been discussed by Plato’s older contemporaries. In Antisthenes’ Kyrsas dialogue describes a visit to tomb lover of Socrates who receives protreptic advice dream sequence while sleeping over grave. The metaphysical explanation how spiritual message was continued after death. Plato underplays this metaphorical imagery lampooning Antisthenes philosophy and his work ( Phd. 81b-82e) subsequently precludes him from an active role the . A similar case exclusion Euclides Megara. Fragments lost Socratic depict Apollodorus citing unnamed Megarian order justify care for remains dead. Similar mistaken notions explain Kyrsas’ belief when he lusts even though spite these disputes, philosophers (Euclides, Plato) each attempted present moral influence force that death burial.