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Chapter 7
Discussion Questions
- Do you find significance differences in how Aphrodite is portrayed in different sources (for example, Homer's Iliad, the Homeric Hymn, Sappho, Plato). Also -- how do the stories told about her in myth (here and in other chapters) match up with the feelings expressed about her in other sources (e.g. Sappho and Plato)?
- What are the different natures of Eros discussed in Plato's symposium? Clearly the different speakers are using myth as metaphor to get different points across -- comment on this process.
- What is the relationship of Aphrodite and her human lovers in myth -- how do they react/benefit/suffer from being the lover of a goddess?
- Eros and Aphrodite are both deities of love -- what is the difference between their realms and powers (if any)?
Additional Terms and Names
- Plato
- Symposium
- Aristophanes
- Socrates
- Apuleius
- Sappho