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Argos (Greece) (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 121a
AlcibiadesYes, and mine, Socrates, to Eurysaces, and that of Eurysaces to Zeus!SocratesYes, and mine, noble Alcibiades, to Daedalus,Socrates' father, Sophroniscus, was a sculptor, and Daedalus was the legendary inventor of sculpture. and Daedalus to Hephaestus, son of Zeus! But take the lines of those people,i.e., the kings of Sparta and Persia. going back from them: you have a succession of kings reaching to Zeus—on the one hand, kings of Argos and Sparta; on the other, of Persia, which they have always ruled, and frequently Asia also, as at present; whereas we are private persons ourselves, and so were our fathers. And then
Asia (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 121a
AlcibiadesYes, and mine, Socrates, to Eurysaces, and that of Eurysaces to Zeus!SocratesYes, and mine, noble Alcibiades, to Daedalus,Socrates' father, Sophroniscus, was a sculptor, and Daedalus was the legendary inventor of sculpture. and Daedalus to Hephaestus, son of Zeus! But take the lines of those people,i.e., the kings of Sparta and Persia. going back from them: you have a succession of kings reaching to Zeus—on the one hand, kings of Argos and Sparta; on the other, of Persia, which they have always ruled, and frequently Asia also, as at present; whereas we are private persons ourselves, and so were our fathers. And then
Athens (Greece) (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 120b
the quail-filliperMeidias is mentioned by Aristophanes (Aristoph. Birds 1297) for his skill in the game of filliping quails which were specially trained not to flinch. and others of his sort—who undertake to manage the city's affairs, while they still have the slavish hairSlaves in Athens were largely natives of western Asia. and had thick, close hair, very different from the wavy locks of the Greeks. (as the women would say) showing in their minds through their lack of culture, and have not yet got rid of it; who, moreover, have come with their outlandish speech to flatter the state, not to rule it—to these, I tell you, should your eyes be turned; and then you can disregard yourself, and need neither learn what is to be learnt for the great contest in which you are to be engaged, nor pract
Asia (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 120b
the quail-filliperMeidias is mentioned by Aristophanes (Aristoph. Birds 1297) for his skill in the game of filliping quails which were specially trained not to flinch. and others of his sort—who undertake to manage the city's affairs, while they still have the slavish hairSlaves in Athens were largely natives of western Asia. and had thick, close hair, very different from the wavy locks of the Greeks. (as the women would say) showing in their minds through their lack of culture, and have not yet got rid of it; who, moreover, have come with their outlandish speech to flatter the state, not to rule it—to these, I tell you, should your eyes be turned; and then you can disregard yourself, and need neither learn what is to be learnt for the great contest in which you are to be engaged, nor pract
Persia (Iran) (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 120a
AlcibiadesOf whom are you speaking now, Socrates?SocratesDo you not know that our city makes war occasionally on the Spartans and on the Great King?AlcibiadesThat is true.SocratesAnd if you are minded to be the head of our state, you would be right in thinking that your contest is with the kings of Sparta and of Persia?AlcibiadesThat sounds like the truth.SocratesNo, my good friend; you ought rather to keep your eye on Meidias
Elea (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 119a
SocratesBut tell me of any other Athenian or foreigner, slave or freeman, who is accounted to have become wiser through converse with Pericles; as I can tell you that PythodorusA friend of Zeno: cf. Plat. Parm. 126. son of Isolochus, and Callias,An Athenian general. son of Calliades, became through that of ZenoOf Elea, in S. Italy; a disciple of Parmenides who criticized the Pythagorean teaching.; each of them has paid Zeno a hundred minae,About 600-800 pounds, or the total expenses of two or three years at an English University. and has become both wise and distinguished.AlcibiadesWell, upon my word, I cannot.SocratesVery good: then what is your intention regarding yourself? Will you remain as you are, or take some trouble?
Europe (search for this): text Alc. 2, section 141b
you were still unsatisfied unless he promised you besides the mastery of all Europe, and should not merely promise you that, but on the self-same day a recognition by all men, if you so desired, of Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, as their sovereign—I imagine you would actually depart in a transport of delight, as having secured the greatest of goods.AlcibiadesSo would anybody else, I imagine, Socrates, at such a stroke of luck
Greece (Greece) (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 104b
that there you have, through your father, very many of the best people as your friends and kinsmen, who would assist you in case of need, and other connections also, through your mother, who are not a whit inferior to these, nor fewer. And you reckon upon a stronger power than all those that I have mentioned, in Pericles, son of Xanthippus, whom your father left as guardian of you and your brother when he died, and who is able to do whatever he likes not only in this city but all over Greece and among many great nations of the barbarians.
Greece (Greece) (search for this): text Alc. 1, section 104a
Let me explain the reason of your spirit being too much for them. You say you have no need of any man in any matter; for your resources are so great, beginning with the body and ending with the soul, that you lack nothing. You think, in the first place, that you are foremost in beauty and stature—and you are not mistaken in this, as is plain for all to see—and in the second place, that you are of the most gallant family in your city, the greatest city in Greece,
399 BC (search for this): text Alc. 2, section 141d
"> many ere now who, having desired sovereignty, and endeavored to secure it, with the idea of working for their good, have lost their lives by plots which their sovereignty has provoked. And I expect you are not unacquainted with certain events “of a day or two ago,”Hom. Il. 2.303 when Archelaus, the monarch of Macedonia, was slainThis assassination occurred in 399 B.C., the year of Socrates' death. by his favorite, who was as much in love with the monarchy as Archelaus was with him, and who killed his lo
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