Socrates & Alcibiades, the Lovers You Never Knew You Needed (Plato’s Symposium Part 2)
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Agathon and the Alcibiieties
A drunk and rowdy alcibiieties crashes a party to celebrate Agathon's win at the Dionysia. The two men begin arguing about love, saying things like 'like gods without it' But Eric Simicus eventually points out that this is just as unfair on all of them. And he will instead give a speech on Socrates by comparing him to Cylenus.
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