Xenophon’s Symposium
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Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic dialogue
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ancient Greek literature → philosophical work → |
| author | Xenophon → |
| containsScene |
Socrates’ defense of his own attractiveness
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conversation about eros (love) → discussion of what makes a person truly beautiful → |
| contrastsWith |
Plato's Symposium
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surface form: "Plato’s Symposium"
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| featuresCharacter |
Antisthenes
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Autolycus → Callias → Charmides → Critobulus → Hermogenes → Niceratus → Philip the jester → Xocrates → |
| focusesOn |
Socratic method in informal settings
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ethical questions → |
| genre |
dialogue
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symposium literature → |
| historicalContext | classical Athens → |
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| literaryDevice |
banquet conversation
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character sketches → humor → |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue → |
| mainCharacter | Socrates → |
| philosophicalConcern |
how virtue is expressed in daily life
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relationship between external beauty and inner goodness → |
| philosophicalTradition | Socratic philosophy → |
| portrays |
Socrates
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surface form: "Socrates as practical and moderate"
sympotic culture in classical Greece → |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Xenophon's Apology of Socrates
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surface form: "Apology of Socrates to the Jury"
Memorabilia → Oeconomicus → |
| setting | banquet at the house of Callias → |
| settingPeriod | late 5th century BCE Athens → |
| structure | series of speeches in praise of personal qualities → |
| theme |
beauty
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education → friendship → kalokagathia (noble-and-good character) → love → the character of Socrates → virtue → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Symposium"
this entity surface form: "Symposium (Xenophon)"