The Symposium Vocab

symposium: 'drinking together' pg xiii

symposiarchos: 'leader' pg xiii

auletrides: 'flute-girls' pg xiii

philla: 'love, which applies indifferently to the feelings of friends, family members, and lovers' pg xiii

eros: 'a particularly intense attachment and desire in general. Most commonly, however, it is applied to passionate love and desire, usually sexual, and to the god who personified that state' pg xiii

erastes: 'lover' pg xiv

eromenos: 'beloved' xv

encomia: 'formal speeches of praise' pg xx

logoi: 'ideas' or 'discourses' pg xx

philosphia: 'wisdom' pg xxi

exaiphnes: 'all of a sudden' pg xxii

daimon, daimonion: 'spirit' pg xxiii

kalos: 'fine,' 'good,' 'beautiful,' 'noble,' and 'honorable'

sophia: 'wisdom,' 'skill'

techne: 'profession,' 'science,' and 'expertise'

arishros: 'ugly,' 'bad,' and 'shameful'

eudaimon: 'happy'

oute poion poiei: 'and the effects he has on others are not forced'