This person compares his speech to that of a man bitten like an adder, since the only people who will understand him will be those who have been bitten themselves.
This person compares his speech to that of a man bitten like an adder, since the only people who will understand him will be those who have been bitten themselves. During a severe frost, this character praises another man for "walking barefoot" and going out in the "same cloak he always wore." When this character is introduced, he is wearing a garland of ivy and violets, and wishes to make a garland of ribbons for another character. He gives an extended speech that compares the "inner beauty" of a certain man to both a statue of Silenus and to the flute-playing Marsyas. This character complains to the gods that Agathon has lied down next to this man's ex- lover at the conclusion of a speech in which he states that Socrates was the only person who has ever made him feel shame. For 10 points, name this politician and general who gives a drunken speech in The Symposium.
This person compares his speech to that of a man bitten like an adder, since the only people who will understand him will be those who have been bitten themselves.
Alcibiades