The painting by Anselm Feuerbach re-imagines a scene from Plato's Symposium, in which the tragedian Agathon welcomes the drunken Alcibiades into his home 1869. Agathon (ca. 448–400 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. Athenian Democracy, Liberal Arts Education, Parts Of A Book, France Culture, Vintage Artwork, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Greece, Archetypes, Painter