Συμπόσιον

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Συμπόσιον is the original Ancient Greek title of Plato’s philosophical dialogue commonly known in English as the Symposium, which explores the nature of love through a series of speeches at a banquet.

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Symposium 19
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek literary work
Platonic dialogue
philosophical dialogue
approximateDateOfComposition 4th century BCE
author Plato
centralConcept Eros as a daimon
philosophical love of wisdom
containsDoctrine ascent to the Form of Beauty
ladder of love
dialogueForm dramatic dialogue
featuresCharacter Agathon
Alcibiades
Aristophanes
Diotima
linked to: Diotima of Mantinea

Eryximachus
Pausanias
Phaedrus
Socrates
genre Socratic dialogue
philosophical dialogue
hasForm framed narrative
hasReception commentaries in late antiquity
extensive modern scholarship
influenced Christian philosophical conceptions of love
Renaissance philosophy
later theories of love in Western philosophy
modern aesthetics
language Ancient Greek
literaryForm symposium literature
locationInPlot house of Agathon in Athens
mainTheme love
ἔρως (eros)
linked to: Eros (primordial)
narrator Apollodorus
occasionInPlot celebration of Agathon’s victory in a tragedy competition
philosophicalSchool Platonism
philosophicalTopic beauty
immortality
nature of love
virtue
placeOfComposition Athens
relatedWorkByAuthor Πολιτεία (Republic)
Φαίδων (Phaedo)
linked to: Phaedo

Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus)
linked to: Phaedrus
setting banquet in Athens
settingPeriod Classical Athens
structure series of speeches in praise of Eros
titleInAncientGreek Συμπόσιον
titleInEnglish Symposium
linked to: Συμπόσιον
workInPlatoCorpus middle dialogues

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Plato's Symposium titleInGreek Συμπόσιον
Hippias Major relatedWork Symposium
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Phaedrus relatedWorkByAuthor Symposium
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Middle dialogues of Plato hasPart Symposium
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Socratic dialogues of Plato includesWork Symposium
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Συμπόσιον titleInAncientGreek Συμπόσιον
Συμπόσιον titleInEnglish Symposium
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Pausanias appearsIn Symposium
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Form of Beauty discussedIn Symposium
subject linked to: the Form of Beauty
linked to: Συμπόσιον
Agathon appearsIn Symposium
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Lysis relatedWorkByAuthor Symposium
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Lysis relatedThemeToWork Symposium
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House of Agathon in Athens appearsIn Symposium
subject linked to: house of Agathon in Athens
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Speech on the nature of love partOf Symposium
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Ficino's Latin translation of Plato includesDialogue Symposium
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writings of Plato containsWork Symposium
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Callias literaryWorkContext Symposium
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Callias primarySourceTitleInEnglish Symposium
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Philip the jester appearsIn Symposium
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Ladder of Love hasSourceWork Symposium
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Ladder of Love articulatedInDialogue Symposium
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