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[272ξ] ῥᾴων καὶ βραχυτέρα φαίνεται ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ὁδός, ἵνα μὴ μάτην πολλὴν ἀπίῃ καὶ τραχεῖαν, ἐξὸν ὀλίγην τε καὶ λείαν. ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τινά πῃ βοήθειαν ἔχεις ἐπακηκοὼς Λυσίου ἤ τινος ἄλλου, πειρῶ λέγειν ἀναμιμνῃσκόμενος.

Φαῖδρος
ἕνεκα μὲν πείρας ἔχοιμ᾽ ἄν, ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι νῦν γ᾽ οὕτως ἔχω.

Σωκράτης
βούλει οὖν ἐγώ τιν᾽ εἴπω λόγον ὃν τῶν περὶ ταῦτά τινων ἀκήκοα;

Φαῖδρος
τί μήν;

Σωκράτης
λέγεται γοῦν, ὦ Φαῖδρε, δίκαιον εἶναι καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκου εἰπεῖν.


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

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