Symposium
by Plato
A dinner party in Athens where each guest gives a speech in praise of love. Comic, tragic and philosophical views of Eros follow one another, from Aristophanes' myth of split humans to Socrates' account of the ladder of love taught by the priestess Diotima.
- Chapters
- 8
- Narration
- 2.1 hours
- Original language
- Ancient Greek
- Translation
- Benjamin Jowett
Chapters
- 1Part I: Prologue at Agathon's Banquet15 min
- 2Part II: The Speech of Phaedrus5 min
- 3Part III: The Speech of Pausanias13 min
- 4Part IV: The Speech of Eryximachus9 min
- 5Part V: The Speech of Aristophanes11 min
- 6Part VI: The Speech of Agathon10 min
- 7Part VII: The Speech of Socrates35 min
- 8Part VIII: Alcibiades28 min
Symposium is in the public domain. This audiobook is narrated by an AI voice, from the complete text, with nothing abridged. The text follows the narration word by word while you listen.