Agathon biography
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Agathon
Athenian tragic poet (c.448–c.400 BC)
For other uses, see Agathon (disambiguation).
Agathon (; Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθων; c. 448 – c. 400 BC) 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.[1] He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the Thesmophoriazusae.
Life and career
[edit]Agathon was the son of Tisamenus,[2] and the lover of Pausanias, with whom he appears in both the Symposium and Plato's Protagoras.[3] Together with Pausanias, around 407 BC he moved to the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon, who was recruiting playwrights; it is here that he probably died around 401 BC. Agathon introduced certain innovations into the Greek theater: Aristotle tells us in the Poetics (1451b21) that the characters and plot of his Anthos were original and not, following Athenian dramatic orthodoxy, borrowed from mythological or historical subjects.[4] Agathon was also the first playwright to write choral parts which were apparently independent from the main plot of his plays.
Agathon is portrayed by Plato as
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Agathon Léonard was born in Lille, France to Belgian parents. A naturalized French citizen, he adopted the French pseudonym, Léonard, rather than use his family name, Van Weydeveldt. His artistic training began in Lille. By 1897, he had earned his place as an exhibiting member of the Salon at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Léonard distinguished himself by earning a silver medal at the Paris 1889 Exposition Universelle and gold at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle for his Jeu de l’Echarpe which was in homage to the dances performed by American Modernist, Loïe Fuller, who had captured hearts with her mesmerizing performances featuring specially choreographed lighting and diaphanous fabric. Over the course of nine months until the close of the 1900 Exposition, fair-goers couldn’t get enough of Léonard’s sculpted work; Jeu de l’Echarpe was sold-out and re-issued several times. In recognition of his achievement, The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, order of Chevalier, that same year.
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