Book 2
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Ameipsias too, when he puts him on the stage wearing a cloak, saysSc. in the Connus, Meineke, C.G.F. i. 201 sq., ii. 703.: A. You come to join us, Socrates, worthiest of a small band and emptiest by far! You are a robust fellow. Where can we get you a proper coat? B. Your sorry plight is an insult to the cobblers. A. And yet, hungry as he is, this man has never stooped to flatter. This disdainful, lofty spirit of his is also noticed by Aristophanes when he saysClouds, 362.: Because you stalk along the streets, rolling your eyes, and endure, barefoot, many a hardship, and gaze up at us [the clouds]. And yet at times he would even put on fine clothes to suit the occasion, as in Plato’s Symposium,174 a. where he is on his way to Agathon’s house.
