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Symposium

Name: Symposium
Author: Plato

Philosophical text by Plato

Written workPlatonic dialogue written workQ486727

Also known as Plat. Sym.

Author: Plato
Language: Ancient Greek
Genre: Socratic dialogue

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The Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, dated c. 385 – 370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable Athenian men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and statesman Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes. The panegyrics are to be given in praise of Eros, the god of love and sex.

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Characters: Socrates
Agathon
Pausanias of Athens
Aristophanes
Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum
Alcibiades
Title: Συμπόσιον
Has version, edition or translation: Pir (tr. Karpov) language: Russian · released: 1863
Le Banquet (tr. cousin) language: French · released: 1823
Pir (tr. Gorodetsky) language: Russian · released: 1908
Le Banquet (tr. Dacier&Grou) language: French · released: 1892
Le Banquet (tr. Chambry) language: French · released: 1991
Biesiada (trad. Biela) language: Polish · released: 1898
Biesiada (tr. Okołów) language: Polish · released: 1909
Symposium (tr. Jowett) language: English · released: 1871
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Symposion (Plato) language: Ancient Greek · released: 4th century BCE
El banquete (tr. Roid de Lluis) language: Spanish · translator: unknown · released: 1928
Q109598433 language: French · released: 1929
Q115740079 language: Spanish · released: 1871
Q139554334 language: Bokmål · released: 1939
Country of origin: Classical Athens
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: countries with 100 years pma or shorter
public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
Part of the series: Platonic dialogue
Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Sym. used by: Perseus Digital Library
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Time period: ancient history

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