The Symposium
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The Symposium
Chapter 1
1THE SYMPOSIUM By Xenophon Translation by H. 2Dakyns Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. 3He was a pupil of Socrates. 4He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. 5Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. 6He died in 354 B.C. 7The Symposium records the discussion of Socrates and company at a dinner given by Callias for the youth Autolycus. 8Dakyns believed that Plato knew of this work, and that it influenced him to some degree when he wrote his own "Symposium." 9PREPARER'S NOTE This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a four-volume set. 10The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there is doubt about some of these) is: Work Number of books The Anabasis 7 The Hellenica 7 The Cyropaedia 8 The Memorabilia 4 The Symposium 1 The Economist 1 On Horsemanship 1 The Sportsman 1 The Cavalry General 1 The Apology 1 On Revenues 1 The Hiero 1 The Agesilaus 1 The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2 Text in brackets "{}" is my transliteration of Greek text into English using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. 11The diacritical marks have been lost. 12THE SYMPOSIUM or The Banquet
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