Opening Symposium — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · David Horan
I do not feel ill-prepared to meet this request of yours. In fact, just the other day I happened to be going up to the city from home in Phalerum when an acquaintance of mine, some way off, saw me from behind and called out in jest, “Man of Phalerum, you, Apollodorus, will you not wait?” So I stopped and waited, and he said, “Why, I was actually looking for you just now as I wanted to find out all about the gathering of Agathon, Socrates and Alcibiades, and the others who were present at the banquet, and about the speeches on love. What were they? For someone who heard about it from Phoenix, the son of Phillip, recounted it to me, and he said that you also knew the story. However, he himself could not come up with anything in detail, so you should tell me the story, for it is only right that you report the words of your friend. But first, tell me, were you yourself present at this …
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