symposium

phaedrus

the beloved so he is very concerned with someone who will dedicate themselves fully and completely to their beloved, someone willing even to sacrifice themselves for their beloved and dedicate their life to them. He makes eros the oldest of the gods and so most competent at the aquisition of virtue and happiness - in doing this he makes it virtuous for someone to love him fully and unconditionally as long as they can and also good for him as the beloved to nto be responsible for doing or giving anything in return - this is a reference to pederasty

pausanius

he is the old lover of agathon and it seems theyve been in a relationship a long time (likely longer than typical for pederasty) he says theres 2 types of eros, common and divine/special and the special or divine one is the more real one and this is lifelong love or dedication to only one and though he wants the body it is love for the soul that is here presented - he makes a claim that dedicating yourself lifelong to one beloved is virtuous + appeals to soul but ultimately makes sex virtuous

eryximachus

 lowk unimportant but hes a doctor also important is that aristophanes was supposed to go next but comically gets the hiccups and is loudly tryign to deal with that throughout this speech - he essentially says medicine is the art of expert knowledge in erotics od the body + the 2 version of eros related to 2 body states, sickly and healthy

aristophanes