Secondary Scholarship - Plato Symposium Flashcards
1
Q
Who wrote on Plato’s symposium
A
Sheffield
2
Q
Who wrote:
Those present were the intellectual elite
A
Sheffield
3
Q
Who wrote:
“to consider plato’s opinion on love we must consider the arguements together not just Socrates’”
A
Sheffield
4
Q
Who wrote:
erastes and eromenos relationships were not uncommon this could have been due to how hard it was to access women compared to men.
A
Sheffield
5
Q
What were Sheffield’s contributions of Plato’s symposium
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- Those present were the intellectual elite
- “to consider plato’s opinion on love we must consider the arguements together not just Socrates’”
- erastes and eromenos relationships were not uncommon this could have been due to how hard it was to access women compared to men.
