The Symposium: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Symposium by Plato (Πλάτων): the LibriVox audiobook summary, 4 original MP3 tracks, 2:32:50 running time and a link to listen.
The Symposium, credited to Plato (Πλάτων), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Symposium by Plato (Πλάτων). Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read by a full cast. In one of Plato's more accessible works, Apollodorus tells a friend about a drinking party (or symposium) attended by many of intellectuals of late 5th century Athens. The men are one their second night of celebration for Agathon's victory at the city Dionysia, and decide that instead of drinking, they should give speeches in praise of love. - Summary by Libby Gohn Cast List: Apollodorus: KHand Glaucon: Elizabeth Klett Companion to Apollodorus, and Pausanias: Beth Thomas Aristodemus: ToddHW Socrates: alanmapstone Agathon: Peter Tucker Servant: staticstasy Aristophanes: Libby Gohn Eryximachus: bala Phaedrus: Eden Rea-Hedrick Diotima: Anna Simon Alcibiades: Chuck Williamson Edited by Libby Gohn
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Symposium
- Author credits: Plato (Πλάτων)
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 4
- Listed recording duration: 2:32:50
Catalogue topics
- love
- athens
- homosexuality
- Rhetoric
Track guide
- 01 - Part 1 — 33:35
- 02 - Part 2 — 35:40
- 03 - Part 3 — 43:57
- 04 - Part 4 — 39:38
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