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    "title": "Socrates in Xenophon’s Symposium",
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    "summary": "At Callias’ banquet, Xenophon shows Socrates joking, dancing, discussing beauty and desire, then defending a love that forms character. Games, performances, and boasts give this portrait a more domestic tone than Plato’s Symposium.",
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