The passage discusses two different views of love presented by Socrates and Diotima in Plato's Symposium. Socrates defines love as a desire for something one lacks and a fear of losing what one has. This view is characterized by Oedipus and his mother Jocasta in Oedipus the King. Diotima defines love as a demi-god between wisdom and ignorance. This view is characterized by Antigone in Sophocles' play of the same name.