How to face the Socratic riddle? This book offers some clues to address the problem of Socrates and the Socratic philosophies from different perspectives that include the problem of Socrates and the Socratic environment, Platos Socrates, the Socratic lines, with special attention to Antisthenes, the Megarics, the Cyrenaics, Xenophon and Aeschines, and the Socratic reception in important ancient authors. With contributions by William Altman, Fiorenza Bevilacqua, Esteban Bieda, Aldo Brancacci, Michele Corradi, Dino De Santis, Mariana Gardella, Stefania Giombini, Noreen Humble, Marta Jimenez, Dayvis Deniz Machín, Silvio Marino, Claudia Marsico, Joel Martínez, Stephano Mecci, David Murphy, Francesca Pentassuglio, Mario Regali, François Renaud, Livio Rossetti, Romina Simón, Nicholas Smith, Lucas Soares, Pilar Spangenberg, Alessandro Stavru, Francisco Villar, Matthew Watton and Vladimir Zuckerman.