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I suspect I'd have to read ancient Greek to give a reliable answer.

If I recall -

Socrates is not a paedagog. He doesn't aim at 'teaching his truth' but rather at helping others discover their own through rational argument. So he doesn't see himself as teaching but as arguing.

Nick/Absentiate: If you read the Meno, you get more of a picture of Socrates' idea of knowledge and teaching. At one point Meno accuses Socrates of confusing him with puzzles, comparing him to a stinging fish (either a stingray or a torpedo fish, depending on the translation I think) that numbs you when you get near it.

Socrates responds with quite a diatribe on knowledge, and how all knowledge is not learned, only remembered from one's time in heaven. He uses the slave boy example to demonstrate this. I don't know if you want to read more Plato, but Meno is a pretty good example of the thoughts of Socrates (according to Plato, anyway).

Also, Socrates is not always consistent. His argument for facing the death penalty in Phaedo is rather poor, in my opinion.