In one of the most charming works to survive from classical antiquity, Xenophon's Symposium depicts an amiable evening of wine, entertainment, and conversation shared by Socrates, and a few of his associates, with certain Athenian gentlemen who are gathered to honor a young man for his recent victory in the Panathenaic games. Xenophon's Socratic Rhetoric argues that both the deeds and the speeches of Socrates in the Symposium contribute to a proper understanding of foundational aspects of the philosophic life.