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Traditionally dated to Plato’s middle period.

Speeches in praise of Love at Agathon’s victory banquet, crowned by Socrates’ report of Diotima’s teaching.

This edition presents the original Greek (Burnet (OCT, 1901)) side by side with an English translation (W. R. M. Lamb) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Stephanus citation. 52 pages.

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Greek text & translations

Greek: J. Burnet, ed. Platonis opera, vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (repr. 1967).
Translation: W. R. M. Lamb (Loeb, 1925).
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