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[183ε] ὁ τοῦ σώματος μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐρῶν: καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ μόνιμός ἐστιν, ἅτε οὐδὲ μονίμου ἐρῶν πράγματος. ἅμα γὰρ τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι, οὗπερ ἤρα, ‘οἴχεται ἀποπτάμενος,’ πολλοὺς λόγους καὶ ὑποσχέσεις καταισχύνας: ὁ δὲ τοῦ ἤθους χρηστοῦ ὄντος ἐραστὴς διὰ βίου μένει, ἅτε μονίμῳ συντακείς. τούτους δὴ βούλεται ὁ


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

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  • Commentary references to this page (7):
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae, 661
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 183B
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 192C
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 192E
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 195E
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 210B
    • James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 5.469D
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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.2
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