Language: en
Published in: -400
Subject(s): Philosophy
Translator: Benjamin Jowett
Source: http://en.wikisource.org
Copyright: Public Domain
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking gathering at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens.
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