Through the analysis of Socrates Apology from Plato, I intent to support, based on a group of scholars, the use that the Socrates character does of classic forensic rhetorical strategies. Although, beyond a mere appropriation of the rhetoric in question, the following dissertation aims to corroborate the thesis that sustains a strong relation between the rhetoric in Socrates Apology and the one in Palamedes Apology, from Gorgias. Through an analysis of both texts and establishing their relations, done in the chapters 2 and 3 of this research, I dedicate the following chapter to the understanding of what would be the rhetorical discourse for both authors. In one side, the dialog Gorgias, from Plato, is used as source for the author s position regarding the rhetorical art, associated in this case with the sophistic rhetoric. On the other side, the Encomium of Helen, from Gorgias, is his statement on the power and usage of language. Such works are included in this research with the object of illuminating the thought of philosophers and sophists, represented in this study by Plato and Gorgias, regarding the function of discourse. In the end, through the study in the previous chapters, I aim to show that the rhetoric of truth from Socrates is only possible due to a different relationship that the philosopher has with his own mortality. With this, this dissertation aims to defend that the philosopher s relation with rhetoric is possible without it being a contradiction between behaviors and values.