Plato, Symposium 191a-b
Emmy Madden /
- Created on 2026-04-03 02:58:54
- Translated by Harold N. Fowler, 1925
- Aligned by Emmy Madden
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
ἐπειδὴ οὖν ἡ φύσις δίχα ἐτμήθη , ποθοῦν ἕκαστον τὸ ἥμισυ τὸ αὑτοῦ συνήιει , καὶ περιβάλλοντες τὰς χεῖρας καὶ συμπλεκόμενοι ἀλλήλοις , ἐπιθυμοῦντες συμφῦναι , ἀπέθνηισκον ὑπὸ λιμοῦ καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀργίας διὰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐθέλειν χωρὶς ἀλλήλων ποιεῖν .
Now
when
our
first
form
had
been
cut
in
two
,
each
half
in
longing
for
its
fellow
would
come
to
it
again
;
and
then
would
they
fling
their
arms
about
each
other
and
in
mutual
embraces
yearn
to
be
grafted
together
,
till
they
began
to
perish
of
hunger
and
general
indolence
,
through
refusing
to
do
anything
apart
.