In his dialogues, Plato mentions an enigmatic figure who stands out both for her wisdom and her gender: a woman named Diotima of Mantinea. She was a priestess who instructed none other than Socrates ...

But Plato, in Symposium (199b), reports him as saying that he learned “the truth about love” from a clever woman. That woman is given the name “Diotima” – and in Symposium Socrates ...

Socrates then relates a conversation that he once had with a mysterious priestess, Diotima of Mantinea, who, he says, taught him the art of love. This Diotima [‘Honoured by the gods’] told him ...

The god of love “seeks food among flowers” and therefore will not settle on body or soul “whose flower has faded away”. Socrates recounts a conversation with the philosopher Diotima who ...

Plato’s Symposium is set in 416 BCE at a drinking party held by the playwright Agathon to celebrate his victory at the Lenaia festival. Most of the guests have a hangover from the previous night ...

The god of love “seeks food among flowers” and therefore will not settle on body or soul “whose flower has faded away”. Socrates recounts a conversation with the philosopher Diotima who ...

She has studied fine art and French alongside philosophy—her brand name comes from the Greek classics, in which Diotima was a prophetess who taught Socrates about love. The designer has also ...

Socrates was famous for saying: “The only thing I know is that I don’t know.” But Plato, in Symposium (199b), reports him as saying that he learned “the truth about love” from a clever woman. That ...