Plato, Symposium, section 185e

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[185e] If, however, it is a very stubborn one, take something that will tickle your nostrils, and sneeze: do this once or twice, and though it be of the stubbornest, it will stop.” “Start away with your speech,” said Aristophanes, “and I will do as you advise.”

¹ Then Eryximachus spoke as follows: “Well then, since Pausanias did not properly finish off

1 The Speech of Eryximachus

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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Commentary references to this page (4):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 188E
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, Second Interlude
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, Speech of Agathon
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 214E
Cross-references to this page (3):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.3
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter VI
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, § iii. The First Five Speeches.
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (2):
- LSJ, φθάνω
- LSJ, πταίρω