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 1 1 |         tendency to degrade the ancient and natural custom of love
 2 1 |      hospitality with you; thus ancient is the friendship which
 3 2 |       and no exaggeration—their ancient paintings and sculptures
 4 2 |     have a tradition that their ancient chants which have been preserved
 5 2 | pleasure of the spectators. The ancient and common custom of Hellas,
 6 3 |      that there is any truth in ancient traditions?~Cleinias. What
 7 3 |   saying, when he traces up the ancient state of mankind by the
 8 3 | properly limited, which was our ancient Athenian constitution at
 9 3 |  acquired by obedience to their ancient laws, and which I have several
10 3 |     Athenian. I will. Under the ancient laws, my friends, the people
11 4 |  ourselves only, to be the most ancient of all monarchies; and,
12 5 |        or the God Ammon, or any ancient tradition has sanctioned
13 5 |        prevails most widely the ancient saying, that “Friends have
14 6 |      place, upon having. served ancient and honourable men in the
15 7 |         follows:—There are many ancient musical compositions and
16 7 |        this I am persuaded from ancient tradition, and at the present
17 8 |          or holy seats of other ancient deities, whose memory has
18 8 |        these let them pay their ancient honours. But Hestia, and
19 9 |        that we are not like the ancient legislators, who gave laws
20 9 |       is begotten in a man from ancient and unexpiated crimes of
21 9 |     transgresses in contempt of ancient and universal traditions
22 10|     upon them, because they are ancient; but, looking at them with
23 10|        unsaid in support of the ancient opinion that there are Gods,
24 11|        this nature. There is an ancient saying, which is also a
25 11|       my opinion, Cleinias, the ancient legislators were too good–
26 11|         they are so many and so ancient, we must believe them, and
27 11|         introduction:—There are ancient customs about the Gods which
28 12|        explain my meaning by an ancient tale:—If Patroclus had been
29 12|       to them, according to the ancient law, as long as their lives