Socrates & Alcibiades, the Lovers You Never Knew You Needed (Plato’s Symposium Part 2)
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Alcibiades' Relationship With Socrates
Socrates and Alcibiades were arguing at a symposium in ancient Greece. Socrates was trying to convince Alcibiades that he should help him become a better man. But when they got to talking, Alcibiades came to the conclusion that Socrates just made him feel like he just wanted to be a better person. This is something Socrates has done before to others, essentially taking on an and a Romino's relationship but never letting it turn to sex. And this is the case for these Erastes of Romino's. They weren't always sexual and certainly theirs is a good example of the Erromino's very much wishing the Erastes would turn in sexual. It seems
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