Symposium
Who is Agathon from Symposium and what is their importance?
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Agathon's home is the setting for the Symposium. He is apparently in a relationship with Pausanius, but he is also Socrates' good friend and student. Agathon's speech makes an honest attempt to characterize the god, Love, as soft, sweet, and gentle.
Symposium