Socrates & Alcibiades, the Lovers You Never Knew You Needed (Plato’s Symposium Part 2)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Origins of Humanity
Zeus cut all the humans of Earth in two, cut them as one would slice an apple or a hard-boiled egg. With the help of Apollo, the newly split humans were fused together to form what we now understand to be humanity. Aristophanes explains that they often died from hunger and lack of movement because once they found their other halves, they wanted to do nothing else but hold on to them. Because of this every human is always searching for this other half of themselves, this soul mate.
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