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Born	205 • Asyūṭ • ancient Egypt
Died	270 (aged 65) • Campania • Italy
Subjects Of Study	Great Chain of Being

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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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