Motif
erotic reversal from lover to beloved
erotic_reversal_from_lover_to_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 2836-2933 confidence: high
Alcibiades ends his praise and blame by warning Agathon that Socrates has treated him, Charmides, Euthydemus, and others by beginning as their lover and ending with them pursuing him.
Alcibiades says Socrates begins as others’ lover but ends by making them address themselves to him, and Socrates frames Alcibiades as jealous over Agathon.
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