Unj. You shan't teach this youth, you old dotard.

Just Yes, if he is to be saved, and not merely to
practise loquacity.

Unj. (to Phidippides) Come hither, and leave him to
rave.

Just You shall howl, if you lay your hand on him.

Cho. Cease from contention and railing. But show to us,
you, what you used to teach the men of former times, and
you, the new system of education; in order that, having
heard you disputing, he may decide and go to the school
of one or the other.

Just. I am willing to do so.

Unj. I also am willing.

Cho. Come now, which of the two shall speak first?

Unj. I will give him the precedence; and then, from
these things which he adduces, I will shoot him dead
with new words and thoughts. And at last, if he mutter,
he shall be destroyed, being stung in his whole face and
his two eyes by my maxims, as if by bees.

Cho. Now the two, relying on very dexterous arguments
and thoughts, and sententious maxims, will show which of