The narrative which he had heard was as follows: - Aristodemus meeting Socrates in holiday attire, is invited by him to a banquet at the house of Agathon, who had been sacrificing in thanksgiving for his tragic victory on the day previous. But no sooner has he entered the house than he finds that he is alone; Socrates has stayed behind in a fit of abstraction, and does not appear until the banquet is half over. On his appearing he and the host jest a little; the question is then asked by Pausanias, one of the guests, 'What shall they do about drinking? as they had been all well drunk on the day before, and drinking on two successive days is such a bad thing.' This is confirmed by the authority of Eryximachus the physician, who further proposes that instead of listening to the flute-girl and her 'noise' they shall make speeches in honour of love, one after another, going from left to right in the order in which they are reclining at the table;

Medie	Bøger Paperback Bog (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet	7. august 2017
ISBN13	9781973857945
Forlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sider	80
Mål	152 × 229 × 4 mm · 117 g
Sprog	Engelsk