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so he must have been called Scamandrius by the women, since the men called him Astyanax?Hermogenes
Yes, probably.Socrates
And Homer too thought the Trojan men were wiser than the women?Hermogenes
I suppose he did.Socrates
Then he thought Astyanax was more rightly the boy's name than Scamandrius?Hermogenes
So it appears.Socrates
Let us, then, consider the reason for this. Does he not himself indicate the reason most admirably? For he says—
Yes, probably.Socrates
And Homer too thought the Trojan men were wiser than the women?Hermogenes
I suppose he did.Socrates
Then he thought Astyanax was more rightly the boy's name than Scamandrius?Hermogenes
So it appears.Socrates
Let us, then, consider the reason for this. Does he not himself indicate the reason most admirably? For he says—