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Philinus
PHILINUS. It looks, Basilocles, as if I shall have that to do. In fact, it would not be easy for you to find anyone of the others in the town, for I saw most of them once more on their way up to the Cory ei an cave and LycoreiaPausanias, x. 6. 2-3. with the foreign visitor.
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Basilocles
BASILOCLES. Our visitor is certainly eager to see the sights, and an unusually eager listener.
Philinus
PHILINUS. But even more is he a scholar and a student. However, it is not this that most deserves our admiration, but a winning gentleness, and his willingness to argue and to raise questions, which comes from his intelligence, and shows no dissatisfaction nor contrariety with the answers. So, after being with him but a short time, one would say, O child of a goodly father! Cf. Plato, Republic, 368 a. You surely know Diogenianus, one of the best of men.
Basilocles
BASILOCLES. I never saw him myself, Philinus, but I have met many persons who expressed a strong approval of the man’s words and character, and who had other compliments of the same nature to say of the young man. But, my friend, what was the beginning and occasion of your conversation?
