![]() ![]() I searched for an answer and basically found three explanations: So why did Plato make the one who teaches Socrates about the true meaning of love be a woman? I find this exceedingly strange in this male homoerotic context. The context here is love between males, between an adult man and male youth - the practice of paiderastia. ![]() Diotima as a woman reveals this to Socrates - something that he by being a man does not naturally understand.īut this is not the case. If one doesn't know the context, and only knows that the Symposium is about Eros or love, it might seem reasonable: it is important for men who love women to learn about women's feelings or attitudes about love. There are a multitude of opportunities in which he could've let a woman speak, but it never happens except here. Excuse the odd title - what I mean is: Diotima is the sole woman that has her say in Plato's dialogues. ![]()
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