Plato, Protagoras, section 310a

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[310a]

Socrates
Yes, and a great deal I said to him, and he to me.

Friend
Then do let us hear your account of the conversation at once, if you are disengaged take my boy's place,¹ and sit here.

Socrates
Very good indeed, I shall be obliged to you, if you will listen.

Friend
And we also to you, I assure you, if you will tell us.

Socrates
A twofold obligation. Well now, listen. During this night just past, in the small hours, Hippocrates, son of Apollodorus and brother of Phason, knocked violently at my door with his stick,

1 The friend had an attendant who was sitting by him.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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Commentary references to this page (7):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, Fifth Interlude
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 310e
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 317d
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 327b
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 362a
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER I
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER VIII
Cross-references to this page (6):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, ADJECTIVES
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES (2193-2487）
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.1
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.1.1
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.6.1
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter II
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (5):
- LSJ, ἀλλά
- LSJ, διηγ-έομαι
- LSJ, ἐξαν-ίστημι
- LSJ, ὄρθρος
- LSJ, παρέρχομαι