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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1

Note 2 — Chapter IV · XENOPHON.

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We may apply to Plato and Xenophon the following comparison by Euripides, Supplices, 905. (Tydeus and Meleager.)

γνώμῃ δ’ ἀδελφοῦ Μελεάγρου λελειμμένος, ἰσον παρέσχεν ὄνομα διὰ τέχνην δορός, εὑρὼν ἀκριβῆ μουσικὴν ἐν ἀσπίδι· φιλότιμον ἦθος, πλούσιον φρόνημα δὲ ἐν τοῖσιν ἔργοις, οὐχὶ τοῖς λόγοις ἔχων.

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