Ancient Philosophy

Women Philosophers in Ancient Greece and Rome

Was Diotima of Mantinea a real or fictional female philosopher?

Diotima of Mantinea, who is said to have instructed Socrates on love in Plato’s Symposium, has been believed to be a fictional invention since the Renaissance. Before then, she was assumed to have been a real person.

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