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 introdu
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.