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英文名著3000 本
The Symposium
by Xenophon
Translation by H. G. Dakyns
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil
of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,and was exiled
from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus,
where he lived for many years before having to move
once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
The Symposium records the discussion of Socrates and
company at a dinner given by Callias for the youth
Autolycus. Dakyns believed that Plato knew of this work,
and that it influenced him to some degree when he wrote
his own Symposium.
1
英文名著3000 本
I
For myself,[1] I hold to the opinion that not alone are the
serious transactions of good and noble men[2] most
memorable, but that words and deeds distinctive of their
lighter moods may claim some record.[3]In proof of
which contention, I will here describe a set of incidents
within the scope of my experience.[4]
[1] See Aristid. ii. foll.
[2] Or, natures noblemen.
[3] Cf. Plut. Ages. 29 (Clough, iv. 35): And indeed if,
as Xenophon says, in conversation good men, even in
their sports and at their wine, let fall many sayings that are
worth preserving. See Grote,Plato, ii. 228 foll. as to the
sportive character of the work.
2
英文名著3000 本
[4] Or, let me describe a scene which I was witnes of.
See Hug.Plat. Symp. p. xv. foll.
The occasion was a horse-race[5] at the great Panathenaic
festival.[6]Callias,[7] the son of Hipponicus, being a
friend and lover of the boy Autolycus,[8] had brought the
lad, himsel
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