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By Plato

Narrated by: Emma Gibson

Unabridged — 2 hours, 17 minutes

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Overview

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. In the Symposium, Eros is recognized both as erotic lover and as a phenomenon capable of inspiring courage, valo...