An idea from The Symposium

He admits he once tried to seduce Socrates, sure his looks could buy wisdom. Socrates teased that this would be trading brass for gold. Alcibiades spent the night under his cloak, and nothing happened. He woke as if he had slept beside his father.

From The Symposium by Plato

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