The paper follows the line of research that has recently gained actuality and concerns the so-called “Socratic question”. Socrates is philosopher par excellence, at least he is treated as such in the classical tradition, which the author is not going to disavow. She would rather consider this enigmatic figure within the context, which is rarely taken into philosophical account, the context of the Socratic writings of Xenophon. The author does not intend to look for a “historical” Socrates, believing that such a project is sure to fail. It seems extremely intriguing to consider the fictional Socrateses, let them go on stage and get involved in a dialogue with each other. So the article deals with another literary Socrates, Xenophon’s one. The author intentionally ignores the traditional judgement of Xenophon as a less potent — to be more precise, one of the most impotent — thinkers, a dull nerd, who propagates trite, commonsensical ideas. Plato’s dialogue Symposium has always been the focus of attention as a philosophical masterpiece, and it has recently attracted a special interest because of its intricate dramatic structure, which provides a new perspective on Plato’s philosophy. Xenophon the Socratic always remained in the shadow of the chief pupil of Socrates, Plato. His Socratic writings, though considered important for reconstructing Socrates’ identity, were traditionally read as texts extremely unphilosophical, whose author was not capable of understanding either the ideas of his teacher or those of Plato. The author focuses precisely on Xenophon’s Symposium. This work is being considered as a response to Plato, an response that is obviously polemical. What did Xenophon mean when he decided to represent Socrates? To give an answer to this question, an attentive and unprejudiced approach is called for.