Symposium (version 2) (dramatic reading)

About this recording

In one of Plato's more accessible works, Apollodorus tells a friend about a drinking party (or symposium) attended by many of intellectuals of late 5th century Athens. The men are one their second night of celebration for Agathon's victory at the city Dionysia, and decide that instead of drinking, they should give speeches in praise of love. - Summary by Libby Gohn

Recorded as a dramatic work, cast list:

Apollodorus: KHand

Glaucon: Elizabeth Klett

Companion to Apollodorus, and Pausanias: Beth Thomas

Aristodemus: ToddHW

Socrates: alanmapstone

Agathon: Peter Tucker

Servant: staticstasy

Aristophanes: Libby Gohn

Eryximachus: bala

Phaedrus: Eden Rea-Hedrick

Diotima: Anna Simon

Alcibiades: Chuck Williamson

Edited by Libby Gohn

• Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)
• Philosophy
• Dramatic Readings