Round 2: Tossup 17

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

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