Day: January 5, 2022

Plato’s Symposium is a complex and beautiful dialogue. Most of the dramatic events take place in Athens at the house of Agathon, a tragedian playwright who had recently won his first victory at the festival of “Lenaia,” which commemorated ‘Dionysus of the Wine-press’ (Dionysos Lênaios). We can pinpoint the intended dramatic date to Jan. 5th,…