house of Agathon in Athens

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The house of Agathon in Athens is the setting of Plato’s dialogue "Symposium," where Socrates and other notable Athenians gather to discuss the nature of love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
setting of a literary work
appearsIn Συμπόσιον
surface form: Symposium
appearsInWorkBy Plato
associatedWithPhilosopher Plato
Socrates
culture Ancient Greek literature
describedInGenre philosophical dialogue
fictionalStatus literary setting with uncertain historical basis
hasNarrativeFrame recounted banquet at Agathon's house
hostedCharacter Agathon
Alcibiades
Aristophanes
Eryximachus
Pausanias
Phaedrus
Socrates
hostedEvent banquet
symposium
languageOfWorkItAppearsIn Ancient Greek
locatedIn Athens
Classical Athens
mainThemeDiscussed Eros (primordial)
surface form: Eros

love
narrativeFunction gathering place for discussion of love
ownerInNarrative Agathon
relatedWork Phaedrus
settingOf Symposium (Plato)
surface form: Plato's Symposium
timeOfFictionalEvent late 5th century BCE

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Συμπόσιον locationInPlot house of Agathon in Athens