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[347a] But as it is, since you lie so grievously about the greatest matters with an air of speaking the truth, on this score I reproach you.”

Such is my view, Prodicus and Protagoras, I said, of Simonides' intention in composing this ode.

Then Hippias remarked: It certainly seems to me, Socrates, that you have given a good exposition of the poem: but I also have an elegant discourse upon it,


Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 343c
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXVI
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