Symposium (Plato)

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Platonic dialogue philosophical dialogue

Symposium (Plato) is a philosophical dialogue in which various speakers, including Socrates, deliver speeches exploring the nature and meaning of love (eros) at a banquet in ancient Athens.

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Label Occurrences
Symposium 4
"Symposium" 201d–212c 1
Das Gastmahl des Plato 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
containsSpeechBy Agathon ⓘ
Alcibiades ⓘ
Aristophanes ⓘ
Eryximachus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
discussesConcept Forms ⓘ
education of the soul ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
featuresCharacter Agathon ⓘ
Alcibiades ⓘ
Aristophanes ⓘ
Diotima of Mantinea ⓘ
surface form: Diotima

Eryximachus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Phaedrus ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
influenced Christian theology of love ⓘ
Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
modern aesthetics ⓘ
philosophy of love in Western thought ⓘ
introducesConcept ascent to the Form of Beauty ⓘ
ladder of love ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue ⓘ
mainTheme ascent of the soul ⓘ
beauty ⓘ
eros ⓘ
immortality ⓘ
nature of love ⓘ
philosophy of love ⓘ
narrativeFrame recounted story of a past banquet ⓘ
narrator Apollodorus of Phaleron ⓘ
surface form: Apollodorus
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophicalMethod Socratic dialogue ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Platonism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork Phaedrus ⓘ
surface form: Phaedrus (Plato)

Plato's Republic ⓘ
surface form: Republic (Plato)
settingEvent banquet ⓘ
settingHost Agathon ⓘ
settingLocation Athens ⓘ
settingTime late 5th century BCE Athens ⓘ
structure series of speeches in praise of eros ⓘ
timeOfComposition 4th century BCE ⓘ
titleMeaning drinking party ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eryximachus → appearsIn → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium
Aristodemus → knownFromWork → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium
Aristodemus → dialogueAppearance → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
Platonic corpus → containsWork → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium
Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium
Stephanus pagination → formatExample → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Symposium" 201d–212c
Anselm Feuerbach → notableWork → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Das Gastmahl des Plato
Apollodorus of Phaleron → appearsIn → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symposium (dialogue)
house of Agathon in Athens → settingOf → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Agathon in Athens
this entity surface form: Plato's Symposium
Speech on the nature of love → follows → Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaedrus’ speech in the Symposium