Agathon Quotes

Agathon ( 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. He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the Thesmophoriazusae.

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Agathon
- Death
- Seek
- Misfortune
Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

Agathon
- Power
- God Is
- Deprived

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Agathon
- Luck
- Art Is
- In Love
The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

Agathon
- Mind
- Heart
- Improvement
This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon
- God
- Power
- Denied
Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

Agathon
- Remember
- Law
- Rules
Even God cannot change the past.

Agathon
- God
- Change