SYMPOSIUM.
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE.
| Apollodorus, who repeats to his companion the dialogue which he had heard from Aristodemus, and had already once narrated to Glaucon. Phaedrus |
Pausanias. Eryximachus. Aristophanes. Agathon. Socrates. Alcibiades. A Troop of Revellers. |
Scene:—The House of Agathon.
Steph. 172
Symposium.
Apollodorus, Glaucon.
CONCERNING
the things about which you ask to be informed
I believe that I am not ill-prepared with an answer. For the
day before yesterday I was coming from my own home at
Phalerum to the city, and one of my acquaintance, who had
caught a sight of me from behind, calling out playfully in the
distance, said : Apollodorus, O thou Phalerian
[1]
man, halt!
The
speeches
delivered at
the banquet
of Agathon.
So I did as I was bid ; and then he said, I was looking for
you, Apollodorus, only just now, that I might ask you about
the speeches in praise of love, which were delivered by
Socrates, Alcibiades, and others, at Agathon's supper.
Phoenix, the son of Philip, told another person who told
me of them ; his narrative was very indistinct, but he said
that you knew, and I wish that you would give me an
account of them. Who, if not you, should be the reporter
of the words of your friend? And first tell me, he said, were
you present at this meeting?
Your informant, Glaucon, I said, must have been very
- ↑ Probably a play of words on φαλαρὸς, 'bald-headed.'
