CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Platonic Love, Eryximachus, Agathon
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Classics 210: greek & roman classics in english. Eros: sexual desire, visceral response to physical beauty in plato"s symposium feelings of philosophical life, transcendental longing for absolute truth . Narrates entire dialogue to group of anonymous companions. Cannot come to consensus about the nature of the events that occurred. Love himself would inspire the man lovers long to give up lives for sake of their loved ones. Emphasis on length traditional homoerotic relationships consisted of temporary relationship based on hierarchy. Common eros = physical, intellectually inferior or. Heavenly = educational, inspired people to excel in behavior. Must honorably gratify lover willing servitude on the boy"s part . Aristophanes develops cause of hiccups (either from overeating, excess of hot air, something of that nature, etc) Socrates" pokes fun at people with this type of haughty personality presents him as unserious. Brings in medicine/the body: eros is not just about sex or physical desire for the individual lover.
