CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Eryximachus, Agathon, Pedophilia
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Though plato shows different points of views (tragedy, comedic, doctor, etc) they are not represented equally: us friend apollodorus aristodems phaedrus, Socrates: plato presented as a dominant character, hero of. 416 bce plato (dramatized philosophy) dramatizing period of time when he was 10 years old. Plato is looking back to a time of dead heroes of the past all real people, except diotima. Symposion: drink with other upper class men. Ambiance is very male homo-erotic: plato banishes drinking, which is usually mandatory. Men have hangovers, which gives a reasonable excuse not to drink without hurting masculinity. Eros love exclusively passionate erotic desire. Plato uses this force to embody paradoxically the universe both physically/metaphysically: why did plato use eros and not aphrodite, greece was a male-dominated culture, pervaded by a male-homeotic ambiance, desire is a response to beauty. But greek view of beauty is much different than modern society.
