This work describes Penia's seduction of the drunken Poros, resulting in the conception of a god who serves as a spiritual intermediate between the divine and the mortal.
Percy Shelley wrote a "Discourse on the Manners of the Ancient Greeks" to accompany his translation of this work. This work describes Penia's seduction of the drunken Poros, resulting in the conception of a god who serves as a spiritual intermediate between the divine and the mortal. A man in this work recalls an upward mental progression beginning with the conception of a single beautiful object and culminating in the conception of absolute beauty, which was described to him by Diotima of Mantineia. In this work, a parable in which three sexes of eight-limbed humans are split in two by Zeus is related by Aristophanes at a party hosted by Agathon. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue featuring a series of discourses on the nature of love.
Percy Shelley wrote a "Discourse on the Manners of the Ancient Greeks" to accompany his translation of this work.
the Symposium &lt;Casalaspi&gt;