'Gladly on Phthia's shore the third day's dawn shall behold thee.'And history informs us that his death occurred as he had foretold. That disciple of Socrates, Xenophon—and what a man he was!—records2 the dreams he had during his campaign with Cyrus the Younger, and their remarkable fulfilment.
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But
let us come now, if you please, to the dreams of
philosophers.
25. "We read in Plato that Socrates, while
in prison, said in a conversation with his friend Crito:
'I am to die in three days; for in a dream I saw
a woman of rare beauty, who called me by name and
quoted this verse from Homer:1
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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