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Rarely do I read such a classic text, but it did remind me I once read Plato's Symposium (which I remember as more fun - maybe it was the fun stories of the origins of love).
This text is less philosophical, though the esteemed gentlemen lying around the table are having discussions - it's more of a light party, with undertones of how to be a good & beautiful man - from a moral perspective, not just looks, even though that is discussed, and the reason for the party is the host's love of a young man who just won a wrestling competition. That and the fact that it is discussed openly in front of them both AND the boy's father does seem a bit odd to this modern reader, but that can you expect from a text from around 360 BC. Other things such as the discussion of how men shouldn't wear perfume, as they smell better rubbed in oil after doing gymnastics make perfect sense today :P
PS: This was another one of those "things I wouldn't have read if not for a silly Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ challenge" - I needed an author beginning with X for my annual A-Z Author challenge: /topic/show/...
It seems odd when you scour the library catalog for the odd missing book, but then it makes me read thing I wouldn't otherwise have read. Oh and it's a two'fer - fit nicely into the Classics Bingo challenge as well: /challenges/...