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About Agathon
Agathon was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416. He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the Thesmophoriazusae.
Everything about Agathon →- Occupation
- tragedy writer, writer
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Born
- 448 BC, 445 BC
- Died
- 400 BC