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What was the greek mythology quote..

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What was the greek mythology quote that went like this

"In greek mythology, humans back then had 2 heads, 4 arms and 4 legs, fearing their power, Zeus split them in half and had them spend there whole life searching for each other"

can someone give me the actual quote for this? i saw this somewhere but forgot what it said exactly

thanks in advance

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  1. According to greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.


  2. "According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." -Plato, The Symposium

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