Exploration of Love and Same-Sex Relationships in Plato's Symposium

Delve into the rich discussions on love and same-sex relationships presented in Plato's Symposium. The text explores various perspectives, including notions of nobility, sexuality, and different types of love, shedding light on societal attitudes and philosophical reflections on these topics.

• Plato
• Symposium
• Love
• Same-Sex Relationships
• Philosophy

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1. Plato on Love and Same- Sex Relationships

2. Symposium c. 480? Set after Lenaea of 416 A recollection of a recollection. Many different characters Flute-girls sent away. Intercourse between ourselves Phaedrus instigates the theme In turns going around the room following the flow of wine

3. Phaedruss Speech Warfare nobility self-sacrifice Achilles and Patroclus Aeschylus phluarei talks nonsense Achilles is obviously the er menos. Prospective of an Army of Lovers date and Xenophon s error

4. Pausaniass Speech Hugely influential Heavenly and Pandemos Aphrodite Varieties of Greek Homosexuality

5. Pausanias on Athenian Homosexuality Possibly the most influential text on the topic the most beautiful kalos --, complicated poikilos, not easy to understand . The Athenian paradox: praise for erastai who pursue. Praise for er menoi who resist. Pausanias s resolution of the paradox: virtue Dover s resolution of the paradox: penetration Other reasons for putting out implied in Pausanias s speech money power

6. Aristophaness Speech The origins of love: male homosexual, female homosexual and heterosexual. A joke? Who speaks? Why is Aristophanes here? Acknowledgement of inherent human sexual orientation?

7. Diotimas speech Love and the reproductive soul.

8. Phaedrus c. 360? Rapture Charioteer of the Soul Immortality of the couple

9. Laws c. 350? Colorado debate on constitutionality of anti-gay legislation Against Nature phusis Comparisons with animal behaviour Invention of the myth of Ganymede cf. Phaedrus Myth of Laius and Chrysippus tolma. A program to make homosexual sex unacceptable like incest through use of myths and stories. Acknowledges that this is contrary to most people s attitudes and especially those of his Cretan and Spartan companions Alongside adultery