Socrates and Alcibiades

Informa Platão (Simpósio) que Sócrates terá sido iniciado no amor por Diotima de Mantineia. Desagradou a Sócrates a ligação de Alcibíades (ca 450-404 aC) com Aspásia, amante de Péricles, de quem tinha um filho.


Plato (Symposium) informs that Socrates is said to have been initiated into love by Diotima of Mantinea. Socrates was displeased with the connection of Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 BC) with Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress from whom she had a son.

Jules Le Chevrel (ca 1810-1872)-'Socrates rescuing Alcibiades'-oil on canvas-1865

Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (1843-)-'Socrates rescuing Alcibiades'-oil on canvas-1861 Rio de Janeiro-Museu Dom João VI

Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829)-'Socrates tears Alcibiades from the embrace of sensual pleasure'-oil on canvas 1791 Paris-Musée du Louvre

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)-'Socrates seeking Alcibiades from the embrace of Aspasia'-oil on canvas-1861 Private collection

Henrik Siemiradzki (1848-1902)-'Socrates find his student Alcibiad at heterai'-oil on canvas