Classical Studies 3151F/G Lecture Notes - Glaucon, Sony Music Entertainment, Agathon

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The dialogue opens with apollodorus agreeing to tell an unnamed companion who is a rich businessman the famous story of the party held in honor of agathon to celebrate the success of his first tragedy. Apollodorus retells the account he gave to glaucon (plato"s half-brother and main interlocutor of the republic) who had in turn heard of the party from some other, less reliable source. Glaucon had thought apollodorus had been in attendance, but apollodorus points out that the party took place many years ago, when he and glaucon were just children. Aristodemus, one of the guests at the party, and had also checked some of the facts with socrates himself. The story begins with aristodemus encountering socrates, who has recently bathed and put on sandals--things he rarely does. Aristodemus inquires as to why socrates is all dressed up, and socrates answers that he is going to dinner at agathon"s.

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