Dialogues · Character
Apollodorus
A fervent, self-lacerating follower of Socrates who narrates the Symposium with breathless devotion and contempt for ordinary Athenian life.
supporting
Also known as Apollodorus of Cyzicus
First appearance: symposium
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Apollodorus walks the road to Athens retelling the speeches on love, insisting he knows them by heart because he has made it his daily business to know everything Socrates says and does. He calls his former self…
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- Extended Cast of Dialogues
- Philosophers and Interlocutors
- Socrates' Inner Circle
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