Motif
youthful divine Love as creator and artist
youthful_divine_love_as_creator_and_artist
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Divine and Sacred Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION.; lines 593-675 confidence: medium
Agathon's speech is described as high, poetic, and tragic, moving among the gods of Olympus; he presents Love as youthful rather than ancient, and Socrates gives half-ironical approval.
Agathon's speech treats Love as present, youthful, and as creator and artist moving in a poetic Olympian setting.
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