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so far as I can see, in any way whatever. For Patrocles, my brother, was not his father; only Hercules' brother Iphicles had a name somewhat similar to his.And Patrocles, he said, is your brother?Certainly, I said: that is, by the same mother, but not by the same father.Then he is your brother and not your brother.Not by the same father, worthy sir, I replied. His father was Chaeredemus, mine Sophroniscus.So Sophroniscus and Chaeredemus, he said, were “father”?Certainly, I said: the former mine,
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