Plato, Symposium, section 197e

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[197e] in toil and fear, in drink and discourse, our trustiest helmsman, boatswain, champion, deliverer; ornament of all gods and men; leader fairest and best, whom every one should follow, joining tunefully in the burthen of his song, wherewith he enchants the thought of every god and man.

“There, Phaedrus,” he said, “the speech I would offer at his shrine: I have done my best to mingle amusement with a decent gravity.”

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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Commentary references to this page (5):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 193C
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 197B
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 208B
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 219E
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 220D
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, § viii. The Date.
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (5):
- LSJ, ἀνάκειμαι
- LSJ, ἐφυμν-έω
- LSJ, θέλγω
- LSJ, σπουδή
- LSJ, σύμπα_ς