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Socrates
And I said that the better1 in the case of wrestling was gymnastic.Alcibiades
You did.Socrates
And I was quite fair?Alcibiades
I think so.Socrates
Come then, in your turn—for it would befit you also, I fancy, to argue fairly2—tell me, first, what is the art which includes harping and singing and treading the measure correctly? What is it called as a whole? You cannot yet tell me?Alcibiades
No, indeed.Socrates
Well, try another way: who are the goddesses that foster the art?Alcibiades
The Muses, you mean, Socrates?
And I said that the better1 in the case of wrestling was gymnastic.Alcibiades
You did.Socrates
And I was quite fair?Alcibiades
I think so.Socrates
Come then, in your turn—for it would befit you also, I fancy, to argue fairly2—tell me, first, what is the art which includes harping and singing and treading the measure correctly? What is it called as a whole? You cannot yet tell me?Alcibiades
No, indeed.Socrates
Well, try another way: who are the goddesses that foster the art?Alcibiades
The Muses, you mean, Socrates?