The dramatic poet and his audience: Agathon and Socrates in Plato's "Symposium"

Emlyn-Jones, Chris (2004). The dramatic poet and his audience: Agathon and Socrates in Plato's "Symposium". Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische philologie, 132(4) pp. 389–405.

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Abstract

The conduct of the poet Agathon in Plato's dialogue 'Symposium' is ironically observed by Plato as an indication of his failure to understand the true nature of his dramatic calling. The speeches and audience reaction of the other mmebers of the party are also ironically underlined as ignorant, in contrast to Socrates, of what the true nature of drama is.

Item Type:	Journal Item
ISSN:	0018-0777
Keywords:	drama; theatre; irony, humour; characterisation; knowledge; ignorance
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Item ID:	3746
Depositing User:	Chris Emlyn-Jones
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2019 08:25
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3746
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