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Σωκράτης
καὶ τό γε ὄνομα ὁ ‘Ἅιδης,’ ὦ Ἑρμόγενες, πολλοῦ δεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀιδοῦς ἐπωνομάσθαι, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀπὸ τοῦ πάντα τὰ καλὰ εἰδέναι, ἀπὸ τούτου ὑπὸ τοῦ νομοθέτου ‘Ἅιδης’ ἐκλήθη.

Ἑρμογένης
εἶεν: τί δὲ Δήμητρά τε καὶ Ἥραν καὶ Ἀπόλλω καὶ Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἥφαιστον καὶ Ἄρη καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους θεούς, πῶς λέγομεν;

Σωκράτης
Δημήτηρ μὲν φαίνεται κατὰ τὴν δόσιν τῆς ἐδωδῆς διδοῦσα ὡς μήτηρ ‘Δημήτηρ’ κεκλῆσθαι, Ἥρα δὲ ἐρατή


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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