The Platonic work has been object of many studies and interpretations due to the relevance it has for the history of philosophy. From this, one of the most generalized and accepted opinion is Plato's supposed resistance to poetry, since he considered it harmful to the polis. Nevertheless, affirming this represents a limited vision that ignores the complexity of the philosopher's work. Consequently, the present work explores the dialogues, particularly Gorgias, whose content allows to understand the value that poetry actually has for Plato. In this dialogue, the debate held by the twins Zeto and Amphion in the Euripidean tragedy Antiope about the life that deserves to be lived, which is the central problem in Gorgias, is presented. Therefore, the compositional effort with which Plato constructs this dialogue, namely its formal, dramatic and thematic aspects, reveals the deep relation that exists between philosophy and poetry, and how substantial the tragedy genre is for the Platonian work, which has allowed it to reach the meaning and greatness that still today is object of admiration. Gorgias, then, is the dialogue of the tragedy par excellence: it shows how philosophy is a tragedy without melody, meter and rhythm that, unlike rhetoric, does not exist simply to flatter and please, but to undertake the arduous work of making better people.