The sources of Symposium

1. Homer 2 authority · 1 neutral 3 citations · 11 passages

   chapter 4 7 passages anchored here · chapter 8 4 passages anchored here

   Homer is invoked as a sage and source for practical and heroic knowledge.

   You know, doubtless, that the sage Homer has written about practically everything pertaining to man.

2. Iliad Homer 1 authority 1 citation · 6 passages

   chapter 3 6 passages anchored here

   The Iliad is invoked as a prestigious work of education and interpretation.

   My father was anxious to see me develop into a good man, said Niceratus, and as a means to this end he compelled me to memorize all of Homer;

3. Odyssey Homer 1 authority 1 citation · 6 passages

   chapter 3 6 passages anchored here

   The Odyssey is invoked as a prestigious work of education and interpretation.

   My father was anxious to see me develop into a good man, said Niceratus, and as a means to this end he compelled me to memorize all of Homer;

4. Pausanias 1 refuted 1 citation · 3 passages

   chapter 8 3 passages anchored here

   Pausanias is named as source of an argument that Socrates disputes.

   Yet Pausanias, the lover of the poet Agathon, has said in his defence of those who wallow in lasciviousness that the most valiant army, even, would be one recruited of lovers and their favourites!

Each stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.

chapter 1 3 sources

teachings of Gorgias · teachings of Prodicus · teachings of Protagoras

chapter 2 2 sources

Gorgian expression · poetry of Theognis

chapter 3 1 source

Homeric criticism

chapter 4 2 sources

Diviner's art · Judgment of Alexander

chapter 6 1 source

Tetrameter recitation tradition

chapter 8 4 sources

Examples of Themistocles, Pericles, and Solon · Lacedaemonian custom · Olden tales · Songs of heroic companions