Plato, Cratylus, section 398a

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[398a]

“They are called holy spirits under the earth,
Noble, averters of evil, guardians of mortal men.
”
Hes. WD 122 ff

Hermogenes
What of that?

Socrates
Why, I think he means that the golden race was not made of gold, but was good and beautiful. And I regard it as a proof of this that he further says we are the iron race.

Hermogenes
True.

Socrates
Don't you suppose that if anyone of our day is good,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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