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İngilizce Yunanca

398 Socrates. This, then, I think, is what he certainly means to say of the spirits: because they were wise and knowing (δαήμονες) he called them spirits (δαίμονες) and in the old form of our language the two words are the same. Now he and all the other poets are right, who say that when a good man dies he has a great portion and honor among the dead, and becomes a spirit, a name which is in accordance with the other name of wisdom. And so I assert that every good man, whether living or dead, is of spiritual nature, and is rightly called a spirit.

398 Hermogenes. And I, Socrates, believe I quite agree with you in that. But what is the word hero?

398 Socrates. That is easy to understand; for the name has been but slightly changed, and indicates their origin from love (ἔρως).

398 Hermogenes. What do you mean?