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Or do you suppose that the Greeks feel a great need of a rhapsode in the glory of his golden crown, but of a general none at all?Ion
It is because my city,1 Socrates, is under the rule and generalship of your people, and is not in want of a general; whilst you and Sparta would not choose me as a general, since you think you manage well enough for yourselves.Socrates
My excellent Ion, you are acquainted with Apollodorus2 of Cyzicus, are you not?Ion
What might he be?Socrates
A man whom the Athenians have often chosen as their general, though a foreigner;
It is because my city,1 Socrates, is under the rule and generalship of your people, and is not in want of a general; whilst you and Sparta would not choose me as a general, since you think you manage well enough for yourselves.Socrates
My excellent Ion, you are acquainted with Apollodorus2 of Cyzicus, are you not?Ion
What might he be?Socrates
A man whom the Athenians have often chosen as their general, though a foreigner;
