Eros at the banquet : reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium

After studying ancient Greek for a year, students often become discouraged when presented with unabridged classical texts that offer only minimal supportive apparatus. In welcome contrast, this intermediate-level textbook reinforces the first-year lessons and enables students to read Plato's Symposium , one of the most engaging works in Attic Greek, the dialect taught in most first-year courses. To meet the needs of students who are reading extended passages of challenging Greek for the first time, Louise Pratt, a classical scholar with more than twenty years' teaching experience, has lightly condensed the early readings, supplementing them with review exercises and new vocabulary. She includes the remaining portion of the dialogue in its entirety to give students the experience of reading Plato's imaginative dialogue in all its richness. All readings are glossed, with explanatory notes appearing on the same page as the relevant texts. Enlivened by twenty-five illustrations, Eros at the Banquet also features an introduction explaining the Symposium's historical and philosophical significance, a comprehensive glossary, and an up-to-date bibliography. Instructors may also supplement this volume with Pratt's The Essentials of Greek Grammar: A Reference for Intermediate Readers of Attic Greek , which includes many examples from the Symposium. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. 1 Readings And Notes -- Reading 1 The Frame -- Reading 1a -- Reading 1b -- Reading 2 The Drinking Party -- Reading 2a -- Reading 2b -- Reading 2c -- Reading 3 The Speech Of Phaedrus -- Reading 3a -- Reading 3b -- Reading 4 Pausanias's Purified Pederasty -- Reading 4a -- Reading 4b -- Reading 5 Scientific And Medical Conceptions Of Love: The Speech Of The Doctor Eryximachus -- Reading 5a -- Reading 5b -- Reading 6 Aristophanes' Comic Myth -- Reading 6a -- Reading 6b -- Reading 6c -- Reading 6d -- Reading 6e -- Reading 7 A Tragic Oration -- Reading 7a -- Reading 7b -- Reading 7c -- Reading 7d -- Reading 8 Plain-speaking: Socrates Responds -- Reading 8a -- Reading 8b -- Reading 9 A Woman Speaks: Diotima's Erotic Wisdom -- Reading 9a -- Reading 9b -- Reading 9c -- Reading 9d -- Reading 9e -- Reading 9f -- Reading 9g -- Reading 9h -- Reading 9i -- Reading 9j Reading 10 Socrates As Satyr: Alcibiades' Drunken Satyr-play -- Reading 10a -- Reading 10b -- Reading 10c -- Reading 10d -- Reading 10e -- Reading 10f -- Reading 10g -- Reading 10h -- Reading 11 The End Of The Symposium -- Pt. 2 Review Exercises -- Review Exercise 1a -- A. Indirect Statement With Infinitive -- B. Participle Forms -- C. Circumstantial, Supplementary, And Substantival Participles -- D. Verb Drills: μενω, πυνθανμαι And αχυω -- Review Exercise 1b -- A. Genitive Absolute -- B. Relative Clauses -- C. Challenge Passages -- Review Exercise 2a -- A. Common Independent Uses Of The Subjunctive: Hortatory, Prohibitive, Deliberative -- B. Common Dependent Uses Of The Subjunctive: αν In Generalizing Or Indefinite Clauses, In Purpose Clauses, In Fear (for The Future) Clauses -- C. Verb Drills: λεγω And αγ ω -- D. Sight-reading: An Edifying Tale From Aesop E. Challenge Passages -- Review Exercise 2b -- A. Sight-reading: Ancient Quotations On Wine, Water, And Drinking -- B. Optative Replacing Subjunctive In Secondary Sequence: Purpose Clauses, Fear Clauses, Generalizations About The Past -- C. Optative In Indirect Statements And Questions In Secondary Sequence -- D. Independent Uses Of The Optative: Wishes, Potential Optative -- E. Verb Drills: πνω And εσθιω -- Review Exercise 2c -- A. Indicative + αν -- B. Subjunctive + αν -- C. Optative + αν -- D. Challenge Passages: Mixed Constructions -- E. Verb Drills: αω, αιεω, And εχμαι -- Review Exercise 3 -- A. Common Uses Of The Accusative, Especially Accusatives Of Respect -- B. Common Uses Of The Genitive -- C. Challenge Passages -- Review Exercise 4 -- A. Common Uses Of The Dative B. Result Clauses -- C. Uses Of The Infinitive -- D. Challenge Passages -- Review Exercise 5 -- A. Uses Of ωσ -- B. Verbal Adjectives In τεσ -- C. Challenge Passages -- D. Verb Drills: πιπτω And φεω -- Review Exercise 6 -- A. Accusative Absolute -- B. Fear Clauses: Subjunctive And Optative (fears For The Future) -- C. Numbers -- D. Challenge Passage -- Appendixes -- 1. Major Characters In The Symposium -- 2. Time Line Of Events Relevant To The Symposium -- 3. Seating Arrangement At Agathon's Symposium -- 4. Structure Of The Symposium. Louise Pratt. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. English And Greek, Classical. Content: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Readings and Notes -- Reading 1 The Frame -- Reading 1A -- Reading 1B -- Reading 2 The Drinking Party -- Reading 2A -- Reading 2B -- Reading 2C -- Reading 3 The Speech of Phaedrus -- Reading 3A -- Reading 3B -- Reading 4 Pausanias's Purified Pederasty -- Reading 4A -- Reading 4B -- Reading 5 Scientific and Medical Conceptions of Love: The Speech of the Doctor Eryximachus -- Reading 5A -- Reading 5B -- Reading 6 Aristophanes' Comic Myth -- Reading 6A -- Reading 6B -- Reading 6C -- Reading 6D -- Reading 6E -- Reading 7 A Tragic Oration -- Reading 7A -- Reading 7B -- Reading 7C -- Reading 7D -- Reading 8 Plain-Speaking: Socrates Responds -- Reading 8A -- Reading 8B -- Reading 9 A Woman Speaks: Diotima's Erotic Wisdom -- Reading 9A -- Reading 9B -- Reading 9C -- Reading 9D -- Reading 9E -- Reading 9F -- Reading 9G -- Reading 9H -- Reading 9I -- Reading 9J. Reading 10 Socrates as Satyr: Alcibiades' Drunken Satyr-Play -- Reading 10A -- Reading 10B -- Reading 10C -- Reading 10D -- Reading 10E -- Reading 10F -- Reading 10G -- Reading 10H -- Reading 11 The End of the Symposium -- pt. 2 Review Exercises -- Review Exercise 1A -- a. Indirect statement with infinitive -- b. Participle forms -- c. Circumstantial, supplementary, and substantival participles -- d. Verb drills: & mu & epsilon & nu & omega , & pi & upsilon & nu & theta & alpha & nu & mu & alpha & iota and & alpha & Chi & upsilon & omega -- Review Exercise 1B -- a. Genitive absolute -- b. Relative clauses -- c. Challenge passages -- Review Exercise 2A -- a. Common independent uses of the subjunctive: hortatory, prohibitive, deliberative -- b. Common dependent uses of the subjunctive: & alpha & nu in generalizing or indefinite clauses, in purpose clauses, in fear (for the future) clauses -- c. Verb drills: & lambda & epsilon & gamma & omega and & alpha & gamma & omega -- d. Sight-reading: an edifying tale from Aesop. E. Challenge passages -- Review Exercise 2B -- a. Sight-reading: ancient quotations on wine, water, and drinking -- b. Optative replacing subjunctive in secondary sequence: purpose clauses, fear clauses, generalizations about the past -- c. Optative in indirect statements and questions in secondary sequence -- d. Independent uses of the optative: wishes, potential optative -- e. Verb drills: & pi & nu & omega and & epsilon & Sigma & theta & iota & omega -- Review Exercise 2C -- a. Indicative + & alpha & nu -- b. Subjunctive + & alpha & nu -- c. Optative + & alpha & nu -- d. Challenge passages: mixed constructions -- e. Verb drills: & alpha & omega , & alpha & iota & epsilon & omega , and & epsilon & Chi & mu & alpha & iota -- Review Exercise 3 -- a. Common uses of the accusative, especially accusatives of respect -- b. Common uses of the genitive -- c. Challenge passages -- Review Exercise 4 -- a. Common uses of the dative. B. Result clauses -- c. Uses of the infinitive -- d. Challenge passages -- Review Exercise 5 -- a. Uses of & omega & sigma -- b. Verbal adjectives in & tau & epsilon & sigma -- c. Challenge passages -- d. Verb drills: & pi & iota & pi & tau & omega and & phi & epsilon & omega -- Review Exercise 6 -- a. Accusative absolute -- b. Fear clauses: subjunctive and optative (fears for the future) -- c. Numbers -- d. Challenge passage -- Appendixes -- 1. Major Characters in the Symposium -- 2. Time Line of Events Relevant to the Symposium -- 3. Seating Arrangement at Agathon's Symposium -- 4. Structure of the Symposium. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures 12 Suggestions for Using This Book 14 Acknowledgments 18 Abbreviations and Typographic Conventions 20 Bibliography 22 Introduction 28 Part I. Reading and Notes 50 Reading 1. The Frame 52 Reading 1A 56 Reading 1B 62 Reading 2. The Drinking Party 68 Reading 2A 70 Reading 2B 75 Reading 2C 81 Reading 3. The Speech of Phaedrus 86 Reading 3A 89 Reading 3B 95 Reading 4. Pausanias's Purified Pederasty 101 Reading 4A 104 Reading 4B 110 Reading 5. Scientific and Medical Conceptions of Love: The Speech of the Doctor Eryximachus 118 Reading 5A 121 Reading 5B 127 Reading 6. Aristophanes' Comic Myth 132 Reading 6A 135 Reading 6B 142 Reading 6C 149 Reading 6D 155 Reading 6E 161 Reading 7. A Tragic Oration 166 Reading 7A 169 Reading 7B 176 Reading 7C 181 Reading 7D 188 Reading 8. Plain-Speaking: Socrates Responds 192 Reading 8A 194 Reading 8B 199 Reading 9. A Woman Speaks: Diotima's Erotic Wisdom 203 Reading 9A 205 Reading 9B 209 Reading 9C 213 Reading 9D 218 Reading 9E 222 Reading 9F 226 Reading 9G 232 Reading 9H 237 Reading 9I 241 Reading 9J 247 Reading 10. Socrates as Satyr: Alcibiades' Drunken Satyr-Play 251 Reading 10A 255 Reading 10B 261 Reading 10C 266 Reading 10D 271 Reading 10E 275 Reading 10F 280 Reading 10G 285 Reading 10H 291 Reading 11. The End of the Symposium 296 Part II. Review Exercises 304 Review Exercise 1A 306 Review Exercise 1B 311 Review Exercise 2A 315 Review Exercise 2B 320 Review Exercise 2C 324 Review Exercise 3 331 Review Exercise 4 336 Review Exercise 5 341 Review Exercise 6 348 Appendix 1. Major Character in the Symposium 352 Appendix 2. Time Line of Events Relevant to the Symposium 356 Appendix 3. Seating Arrangement at Agathon's Symposium 358 Appendix 4. Structure of the Symposium 360 Glossary 362 Index of English Terms 426 Index of Greek Terms 432 After studying ancient Greek for a year, students often become discouraged when presented with unabridged classical texts that offer only minimal supportive apparatus. To meet the needs of students who are reading extended passages of challenging Greek for the first time, Louise Pratt, a classical scholar with more than twenty years' teaching experience, has lightly condensed the early readings, supplementing them with review exercises and new vocabulary. She includes the remaining portion of the dialogue in its entirety to give students the experience of reading Plato's imaginative dialogue in all its richness. All readings are glossed, with explanatory notes appearing on the same page as the relevant texts. Enlivened by twenty-five illustrations, __Eros at the Banquet__ also features an introduction explaining the __Symposium's__ historical and philosophical significance, a comprehensive glossary, and an up-to-date bibliography. Instructors may also supplement this volume with Pratt's __The Essentials of Greek Grammar: A Reference for Intermediate Readers of Attic Greek__, which includes many examples from the Symposium.