Packet 2: Tossup 17

Empedocles proposed a force named for this concept that “mixed” the classical elements. (15[1])During a speech on this concept by Eryximachus, (15[1])one (15[1])character tries (15[1])various hiccup (15[1])cures. (15[1])A speech in a passage (15[1])on this concept (15[1])praises (15[1])Socrates (15[2])by comparing him (15[1])to a statue (15[1])of Silenus filled with golden (15[1])figures. (15[1]-5[1])Aristophanes explains this concept by (15[1])explaining that humans (15[1])used to be (15[1])spherical until (15[1])they were (*) split by Zeus. (10[2]-5[1])Plato (10[1])explained this (10[1])concept’s (-5[3])purest form (10[1])as ascending (10[2])to the Form of Beauty (-5[2])in a dialogue (10[1])where characters give speeches (10[1])on it at a drinking party. For 10 points, name this concept (10[1])discussed in Plato’s Symposium, (-5[1])specifically (10[1])its erotic (10[1]-5[1])form. ■END■ (10[6]0[5])

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