THE BANQUET.
TRANSLATED FROM PLATO
THE PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE
- APOLLODORUS
- A FRIEND OF APOLLODORUS
- GLAUCO
- ARISTODEMUS
- SOCRATES
- AGATHON
- PHÆDRUS
- PAUSANIAS
- ERYXIMACHUS
- ARISTOPHANES
- DIOTIMA
- ALCIBIADES
THE BANQUET.
Translated from Plato.
APOLLODORUS.
I think that the subject of your inquiries is still fresh in my memory; for yesterday, as I chanced to be returning home from Phaleros, one of my acquaintance, seeing me before him, called out to me from a distance, jokingly, “Apollodorus, you Phalerian, will you not wait a minute?”—I waited for him, and as soon as he overtook me, “I have just been looking for you, Apollodorus,” he said, “for I wished to hear what those discussions were on Love, which took place at the party, when Agathon, Socrates, Alcibiades, and some others, met at supper. Some one who heard it from Phœnix, the son of Philip, told me that you could give a full account, but he could relate nothing distinctly himself. Relate to me, then, I entreat you, all the circumstances. I know you are a faithful reporter of the discussions of your friends; but, first tell me, were you present at the party or not?”