AXIOCHUS;
OR,
ON DEATH.
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE.
SOCRATES, CLINIAS, AXIOCHUS.
[1.] Soc. When I had gone out on the road to Cynosarges,[1] and had arrived at the Ilissus, the voice of some one reached me, calling out, "Socrates, Socrates." And when on turning towards (the sound) I looked round to see from whence it might be, I beheld Clinias, the son of Axiochus, running towards the fountain Callirrhoe, together with Damon the musician, and Charmides, the son of Glaucon. Of these,[2] one was the other's music-master, and the other was, from a feeling of friendship, at once the loving and beloved. I determined therefore to give up the direct road, and to meet them, that we might come together in the easiest manner. [2.] And Clinias, with tears in his eyes, said—Now, Socrates, is the time for you to exhibit the wisdom ever bruited by you.[3] For my father has at some sudden season[4] become
- ↑ This was a place, where there was a temple dedicated to Hercules, at which illegitimate children were registered, who were under the protection of the god, who was himself the illegitimate son of Zeus.
- ↑ I have adopted Wolf's correction, ______, confirmed in part by the best MS. V., which has _____, while all the rest have ____. It is how ever uncertain, as remarked by Wolf, which was the lover, and which the loved, Clinias or Charmides.
- ↑ As Socrates was never known to proclaim his wisdom, but rather the want of it, we must either omit ____ with Stephens, or read ____ with Wolf, similar to "de te" in the version of Agricola.
- ↑ In lieu of ____, to which Stephens was the first to object, as being improperly united to _________, Fischer would read ________, which the
