Women / Persons ~ P08534

Diotima of Mantinea

Alternate Names:

Diotima
Diotyma

Gender: Female

Life Dates: not yet determined

Types:

Classical Greek
Philosopher
Prophet or visionary

Note: In the Symposium, her ideas are the origin of the concept of Platonic love; she may have been fictional character

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Diotyma, Instructed by Socrates Author: anon0001 . Collection Title: Biographium faemineum: The Female Worthies; or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of All Ages and Nations, who Have Been Eminently Distinguished for Their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and Other Excellent Endowments...Containing (Exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies...Collected from History, and the Most Approved Biographers, and Brought Down to the Present Time. 1766