Plato's Symposium
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Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plato's Symposium canonical | 12 |
| Plato’s Symposium | 3 |
| Diotima's ladder of love | 1 |
| Pausanias' speech in Plato's Symposium | 1 |
| Pausanias’ speech in the Symposium | 1 |
| Pausanias’ speech on love | 1 |
| Symposium | 1 |
| Symposium (dialogue) | 1 |
| Symposium by Plato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117690 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's Symposium Context triple: [Socrates, portrayedIn, Plato's Symposium]
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A.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
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B.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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C.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
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D.
Aristophanes' play Clouds
Aristophanes' play "Clouds" is an ancient Greek comedy that satirically portrays Socrates and the intellectual trends of classical Athens, especially the Sophists and new philosophical education.
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E.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plato's Symposium Target entity description: Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
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A.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
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B.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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C.
Apology of Socrates
Apology of Socrates is a Platonic dialogue that presents Socrates’ defense speech at his trial in Athens, exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and the examined life.
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D.
Aristophanes' play Clouds
Aristophanes' play "Clouds" is an ancient Greek comedy that satirically portrays Socrates and the intellectual trends of classical Athens, especially the Sophists and new philosophical education.
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E.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic dialogue
ⓘ
ancient Greek literature work ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| centralImage | ladder of love ⓘ |
| containsDoctrine |
Plato's Symposium
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Diotima's ladder of love
|
| describes | ascent from love of bodies to love of the Form of Beauty ⓘ |
| doctrineExplainedBy |
Diotima of Mantinea
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surface form:
Diotima
|
| doctrineReportedBy | Socrates ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Agathon
ⓘ
Alcibiades ⓘ Apollodorus of Athens ⓘ
surface form:
Apollodorus
Aristodemus ⓘ Aristophanes ⓘ Diotima of Mantinea ⓘ Eryximachus ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| genre | dialogue ⓘ |
| historicalContext | classical Athens ⓘ |
| includesSpeechBy |
Agathon
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Alcibiades ⓘ Aristophanes ⓘ Eryximachus ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian theology of love
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Renaissance Platonism ⓘ later philosophy of love ⓘ modern literary theory ⓘ |
| literaryForm | symposium literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
beauty
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eros ⓘ nature of love ⓘ philosophical ascent ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| narrator |
Apollodorus of Athens
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surface form:
Apollodorus
|
| occasion | celebration of Agathon's tragic victory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
erotic love
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immortality through love ⓘ relationship between love and beauty ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Forms
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philosophical eros ⓘ the Form of Beauty ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Phaedrus
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surface form:
Plato's Phaedrus
Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) ⓘ
surface form:
Plato's Republic
|
| setting |
Athens
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a drinking party ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| structure | series of speeches ⓘ |
| titleInGreek | Συμπόσιον ⓘ |
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Subject: Plato's Symposium Description of subject: Plato's Symposium is a classical Greek philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love (eros) through a series of speeches at a drinking party, culminating in Socrates’ account of Diotima’s ladder of love.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Symposium
this entity surface form:
Diotima's ladder of love
this entity surface form:
Symposium by Plato
this entity surface form:
Plato’s Symposium
this entity surface form:
Pausanias’ speech in the Symposium
this entity surface form:
Plato’s Symposium
this entity surface form:
Symposium (dialogue)
this entity surface form:
Plato’s Symposium
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Pausanias’ speech on love
this entity surface form:
Pausanias' speech in Plato's Symposium