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Seeing, then, that the powers of the immortals are vast, and that we are mortal and altogether tiny and unable to understand. either great or small or even to cope with most of those things that concern ourselves, we can give no sure opinion about either halcyons or nightingales. But the famous story of thy lays, melodious mourner, I will hand down to my children as I received it from my fathers, and I will often chant thy dutiful, wifely love to my wives, Xanthippe and Myrto, and tell them all, but chiefly what glory the gods gave thee. You will do likewise, will you not, Chairephon?
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Chairephon Yes, Sokrates; and what you have said may fitly be a double encouragement of love between man and wife.
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Sokrates Then it is high time for us to say farewell to Halkyone and set out from Phaleron towards the town.
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Chairephon Very well; I am ready.
