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

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