ABSTRACT
Socrates was one of the easiest saints in the world to get on with, whether at home or abroad, and yet he must have made things difficult for his wife, and she reciprocated in her own way. Socrates would not teach for money, his services were either above or beneath reward, and she had to adopt the same estimate of hers. It has to be confessed that Socrates' household economy is wrapped in mystery. If it is not to be credited for that reason, then it is difficult to know where the line that divides truth from something else is to be drawn in Xenophon's writings, especially as all the evidence goes to show that Socrates lived in extreme poverty. The elements of violent domestic unhappiness and strife were there, but the steady and completely disciplined character, and the all-round vision of Socrates.
