Dialogue

 1 Intro|           selects as his thesis a poem of Simonides of Ceos, in
 2 Intro|          who is familiar with the poem, is embarrassed at first,
 3 Intro|           of this saying, wrote a poem which was designed to controvert
 4 Intro|           as Socrates says of the poem of Simonides, is a most
 5 Intro|          speech in defence of the poem of Simonides, after the
 6 Intro|          having the whole of this poem before us, it is impossible
 7 Intro| interpretation of the rest of the poem. The opposition of (Greek)
 8  Prot|          a flaw.’~Do you know the poem? or shall I repeat the whole?~
 9  Prot|          little further on in the poem, forgetting, and blaming
10  Prot|      meaning of Simonides in this poem, if you will test what,
11  Prot|         you my opinion about this poem of Simonides. There is a
12  Prot|            he composed the entire poem with the secret intention
13  Prot|           very first words of the poem, wanting to say only that
14  Prot|      praise of the details of the poem, which is a charming piece
15  Prot|          general intention of the poem, which is certainly designed
16  Prot|       good. Thus the words of the poem tend to show that on the
17  Prot|     Pittacus throughout the whole poem):~‘But him who does no evil,
18  Prot|      meaning of Simonides in this poem.~Hippias said: I think,
19  Prot|           good explanation of the poem; but I have also an excellent