Συμπόσιον

Symposium

Author

Plato

Language

Classical Attic Greek

Year

c. 380-375 BC

Country

Classical Athens

Genre

Speech / 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.