Plato, Phaedrus, section 279b

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[279b] will lead him to greater things; for my friend, something of philosophy is inborn in his mind. This is the message that I carry from these deities to my favorite Isocrates, and do you carry the other to Lysias, your favorite.

Phaedrus
It shall be done; but now let us go, since the heat has grown gentler.

Socrates
Is it not well to pray to the deities here before we go?

Phaedrus
Of course.

Socrates
O beloved Pan and all ye other gods of this place, grant to me that I be made beautiful in my soul within, and that all external possessions be in harmony with my inner man. May I consider

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 (2):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 216D
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 220D
Cross-references to this page (3):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE VERB: VOICES
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.pos=2.2
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, § viii. The Date.
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (2):
- LSJ, ἔνδοθεν
- LSJ, ἤπι^ος