🗓️ Week 03
On Mimesis

PHIL343A – Aesthetics

Prof. Reynolds

Stetson University

02 Sep 2026

Eros

Prologue: Apollodorus to a companion (unclear who it is):

Tells story about being hailed by Aristademus. Aristedemus wants to know about a banquet Appollodorus attended.

Speeches in honor of Eros.

• Phaedrus

• Pausinias

• Eryximachus

• Aristophanes

• Agathon

• Socrates

• Alcibiades

Phaedrus

Eros is a god without parents and gives the greatest goods

• The greatest good is a worthy lover and a beloved

• Because the beloved makes the lover ambitious.

• A beautiful life is only characterized by what the beloved provides to the lover.

Pausinias

• Eros is two because without Aphrodite, there is no Eros.

• Vulgar and Sanctified Eros

• Because all actions are neither beautiful or ugly