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and
upon seeing it said that it would have done the same had it drawn the first
lot, and chose it gladly. And in like manner, of the other beasts some
entered into men1 and into one another, the unjust into wild creatures, the
just transformed to tame, and there was every kind of mixture and
combination. But when, to conclude, all the souls had chosen their lives in
the order of their lots, they were marshalled and went before Lachesis. And
she sent with each,
1 Phaedr. 249 specifies that only beasts who had once been men could return to human form.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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