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Symposium's Impact on Love
- Plato's Symposium is a fictional dialogue set at a dinner party discussing love's nature and meaning.
- It influenced Western philosophy's concepts of erotic and Platonic love.
Symposium as Male Aristocratic Ritual
- The symposium was a male aristocratic drinking party mixing fun, entertainment, and intellectual discussion.
- It served to initiate youth into Athenian social, political, and homoerotic cultural norms.
Symposium's Historical Context
- The Symposium is set in 416 BC at Agathon's house celebrating his tragedy victory.
- Plato uses historical setting nostalgically before Athens' political decline and Socrates' execution.