littlemissaudrey reblogged
gryffindorgay
“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs, and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings condemning them to spend their lives in search for their other halves.”
~Plato’s The Symposium.
How many times will I reblog this? “Always.”
atomicflan
We did it at school. The myth also says that the pairings could be male/female, male/male or female/female (just sayin’)
This is precisely what makes Symposium my favorite Socratic dialogue.