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Diotima
A priestess from Mantineia who taught Socrates the mysteries of love, insisting that eros is not a god but a daimon mediating between mortal and divine.
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Also known as Diotima of Mantineia
First appearance: Symposium
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Diotima appears in the Symposium only through Socrates' recollection, yet her voice reshapes the entire dialogue, replacing the flattery of lovers with a ladder of ascent from beautiful bodies to Beauty itself. She is a…
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