Plato, Lesser Hippias, section 374a

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Ἱππίας μειζών

Ἱππίας Ε᾿λαττών

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[374α] ἢ ὁ ἑκών;

Ἱππίας
ἐν δρόμῳ γε.

Σωκράτης
τί δ᾽ ἐν πάλῃ; πότερος παλαιστὴς ἀμείνων, ὁ ἑκὼν πίπτων ἢ ὁ ἄκων;

Ἱππίας
ὁ ἑκών, ὡς ἔοικεν.

Σωκράτης
πονηρότερον δὲ καὶ αἴσχιον ἐν πάλῃ τὸ πίπτειν ἢ τὸ καταβάλλειν;

Ἱππίας
τὸ πίπτειν.

Σωκράτης
καὶ ἐν πάλῃ ἄρα ὁ ἑκὼν τὰ πονηρὰ καὶ αἰσχρὰ ἐργαζόμενος βελτίων παλαιστὴς ἢ ὁ ἄκων.

Ἱππίας
ἔοικεν.

Σωκράτης
τί δὲ ἐν τῇ ἄλλῃ πάσῃ τῇ τοῦ σώματος χρείᾳ; οὐχ ὁ βελτίων τὸ σῶμα δύναται ἀμφότερα ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ τὰ ἰσχυρὰ καὶ τὰ

Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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