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and also with “‘seats of honor and
meat and full cups’”Hom. Il.
8.162, so as to combine physical training with honor for the good,
both men and women.” “Nothing could be
better,” he said. “Very well; and of those who die on
campaign, if anyone's death has been especially glorious, shall we not, to
begin with, affirm that he belongs to the golden race?”1 “By all
means.” “And shall we not believe Hesiod2 who tells us that when anyone of this race dies, so it is
that they become
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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