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Socrates
Well done: so now, mind that we win too at the Panathenaea.1Ion
Why, so we shall, God willing.Socrates
I must say I have often envied you rhapsodes, Ion, for your art: for besides that it is fitting to your art that your person should be adorned and that you should look as handsome as possible, the necessity of being conversant with a number of good poets, and especially with Homer, the best and divinest poet of all, and of apprehending
Well done: so now, mind that we win too at the Panathenaea.1Ion
Why, so we shall, God willing.Socrates
I must say I have often envied you rhapsodes, Ion, for your art: for besides that it is fitting to your art that your person should be adorned and that you should look as handsome as possible, the necessity of being conversant with a number of good poets, and especially with Homer, the best and divinest poet of all, and of apprehending