The Memorabilia by Xenophon
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[8] "Half in gibe and half in jest," in ref. to "Od." x. 233 foll.:
"So she let them in . . ." [9] {upothemosune}, "inspiration." Cf. "Il." xv. 412; "Od." xvi. 233. But as to the concerns of Aphrodite, his advice was to hold strongly aloof from the fascination of fair forms: once lay finger on these and it is not easy to keep a sound head and a sober mind. To take a particular case. It was a mere kiss which, as he had heard, Critobulus[10] had some time given to a fair youth, the son of Alcibiades.[11] Accordingly Critobulus being present, Socrates propounded the question. [10] For Critobulus (the son of Crito) see "Econ." i. 1 foll.; "Symp." i. 3 foll. [11] See Isocr. "Or." xvi. Cobet conj. {ton tou 'Axiokhou uion}, i.e. Clinias. Soc. Tell me, Xenophon, have you not always believed Critobulus to be a man of sound sense, not wild and self-willed? Should you not have said that he was remarkable for his prudence rather than thoughtless or foolhardy? Xen. Certainly that is what I should have said of him. Soc. Then you are now to regard him as quite the reverse--a hot- blooded, reckless libertine: this is the sort of man to throw somersaults into knives,[12] or to leap into the jaws of fire. |
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