Editing Penia (section)

===Plato's account===
Perhaps one of the most famous mentions is in [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's Symposium]] (203b–e), a [[Socratic dialogue|Socratic Dialogue]] written by Plato c. 385–370 BC. She is part of a story narrated by Socrates, that he originally heard from a priestess by the name of [[Diotima of Mantinea|Diotima]]. There, Penia appears during a banquet thrown by the gods to celebrate the birth of [[Aphrodite]], in order to beg. In the hope for alleviating her misery, she sleeps with Poros, god of wealth, while he is intoxicated from drinking too much, resulting in the birth of [[Eros]], God of Love; who is a combination of both his parents, in that he is forever in need and forever pursuing.<ref>Evola, Julius (1991). Eros and the Mysteries of Love. pp. 57–59.</ref>