Definitions for "Agathon"
Plato's Supreme Deity, lit. "the good." Our laya or the Soul of the World. - H.P. Blavatsky
the Good (Plato)
Agathon (Greek Άγάθων) (c. 448–400 BCE) was an Athenian tragic poet and friend of Euripides and Plato. He is best known for being mentioned by Aristophanes in his Thesmophoriazusae and for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy (416). He was the long-term (10-15 years) beloved of Pausanias, who also appears in the Symposium and Protagoras.
Fictional character who participates together with Marcellus in the dialog From the Golden Chalice – Mary Magdalene, a youthful work of Trakl.