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Works in this volume explore the relationship between two people known as love (erōs) or friendship (philia). In Lysis, Socrates meets two young men at a wrestling school; in Symposium, he joins a company of accomplished men at a drinking party; and in Phaedrus, experimental speeches about love lead to a discussion of rhetoric.

Lysis. Symposium. Phaedrus

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 12 July 2022
      ISBN-13 9780674997431
      978-0674997431
      ISBN-10 0674997433
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      ELT & Literary Studies Ancient, classical and medieval texts Literary studies: ancient, classical Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Books by Plato

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      Book Synopsis
      Works in this volume explore the relationship between two people known as love (erōs) or friendship (philia). In Lysis, Socrates meets two young men at a wrestling school; in Symposium, he joins a company of accomplished men at a drinking party; and in Phaedrus, experimental speeches about love lead to a discussion of rhetoric.

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