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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 3

Note 26 — Chapter XXVI · PHÆDRUS — SYMPOSION.

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Eros, in the Phædrus, is pronounced to be a God, son of Aphroditê (p. 242 E); in the Symposion he is not a God but a Dæmon, offspring of Porus and Penia, and attendant on Aphroditê, according to Diotima and Sokrates (p. 203).

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