Dialogue

 1 Menex| historian. The fiction of the speech having been invented by
 2 Menex|       nothing’ and delivers a speech, generally pretends that
 3 Menex|       clearly enough that the speech in the Menexenus like that
 4 Menex|   been poor, and an elaborate speech is made over him by a wise
 5 Menex|       who accompany me to the speech, I become suddenly conscious
 6 Menex|    repeated to me the sort of speech which he should deliver,
 7 Menex|      with me if I publish her speech.~MENEXENUS: Nay, Socrates,
 8 Menex|     Socrates, let us have the speech, whether Aspasia’s or any
 9 Menex|      us by all means have the speech.~SOCRATES: Truly I have
10 Menex|     therefore, I assign in my speech the first place, and the
11 Menex|    and what, if they had only speech, they would fain be saying,
12 Menex|     be able to compose such a speech; she must be a rare one.~
13 Menex|      you not grateful for her speech?~MENEXENUS: Yes, Socrates,