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[365b] “is he who hides one thing in his heart and says another. But I shall speak that which shall be accomplished.” Hom. Il. 308 ff.In these lines he makes plain the character of each of the men, that Achilles is true and simple, and Odysseus wily and false for he represents Achilles as saying these lines to Odysseus.

Socrates
Now at last, Hippias, I think I understand what you mean; you mean that the wily man is false, apparently.


Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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