What inspired Plato to frame the dialogue around a banquet on love?
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The Symposium

The Symposium
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What inspired Plato to frame the dialogue around a banquet on love?
Did anyone else find the different portrayals of love surprisingly modern in their nuances?
How much of the dialogue's structure was influenced by actual historical events or figures?