R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, section 207C

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Aristodemus's Prologue

Speech of Phaedrus

Speech of Pausanias

First Interlude

Speech of Eryximachus

Second Interlude

Speech of Aristophanes

Third Interlude

Speech of Agathon

Fourth Interlude

Discussion between Socrates and Agathon

Speech of Socrates

Fifth Interlude

Alcibiades Praises Socrates

Conclusion of the Dialogue

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Διανοεῖ. “Do you fancy—?”: cp. Laws 755 B μηκέτι...τὴν τηλικαύτην ἀρχὴν ὡς ἄρξων διανοηθήτω. Notice the tone of indignant scorn in which Diotima speaks, cp. 204 B.

δεινὸς τὰ ἐρωτικά. Cp. 193 E, 198 D.

ὅπερ νῦν δὴ εἶπον. See 206 B.

οὗ πολλάκις ὡμ . οὗ means ἀθανασίας: πολλάκις refers not only to 206 E f. but also to other conversations such as are implied in 207 A (ἐδίδασκέ με ὁπότε κτλ.).

The Symposium of Plato. R. G. Bury. 1909. Cambridge. W. Heffer and Sons.

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