Plato, Theaetetus, section 149a

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[149a]

Socrates
Have you then not heard, you absurd boy, that I am the son of a noble and burly midwife, Phaenarete?

Theaetetus
Yes, I have heard that.

Socrates
And have you also heard that I practise the same art?

Theaetetus
No, never.

Socrates
But I assure you it is true; only do not tell on me to the others; for it is not known that I possess this art. But other people, since they do not know it, do not say this of me, but say that I am a most eccentric person and drive men to distraction. Have you heard that also?

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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Commentary references to this page (3):
- Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 7.212
- James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 7.515D
- James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 7.535B
Cross-references to this page (1):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE CASES
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (5):
- LSJ, βλοσυ^ρός
- LSJ, ἐπιτηδ-εύω
- LSJ, κατεῖπον
- LSJ, μαῖα
- LSJ, ποιέω