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Socrates
Socrates. And shall we not mention Hippias, our friend from Elis? I think he would agree with him.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. Oh yes.
Socrates
Socrates. And what shall we say of Polus and his shrines of learned speech, such as duplication and sententiousness and figurativeness, and what of the names with which Licymnius presented him to effect beautiful diction?
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Phaedrus
Phaedrus. Were there not some similar inventions of Protagoras, Socrates?
Socrates
Socrates. Yes, my boy, correctness of diction, and many other fine things. For tearful speeches, to arouse pity for old age and poverty, I think the precepts of the mighty Chalcedonian hold the palm, and he is also a genius, as he said, at rousing large companies to wrath, and soothing them again by his charms when they are angry, and most powerful in devising and abolishing calumnies on any grounds whatsoever. But all seem to be in agreement concerning the conclusion of discourses, which some call recapitulation, while others give it some other name.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. You mean making a summary of the points of the speech at the end of it, so as to remind the hearers of what has been said?
Socrates
Socrates. These are the things I mean, these and anything else you can mention concerned with the art of rhetoric.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. There are only little things, not worth mentioning.
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Socrates
Socrates. Never mind the little things; let us bring these other things more under the light and see what force of art they have and when.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. They have a very powerful force, at least in large assemblies.
