Section 406

SOCRATES. Someone was relating to us just now concerning Cleitophon the son of Aristonymus, that conversing with Lysias he was blaming the pastimes with Socrates, and exceedingly praising the association with Thrasymachus.

CLEITOPHON. Whoever he was, Socrates, did not remember correctly to you the arguments I made about you to Lysias; for in some things indeed I was not praising you, but in some things I was also praising you. But since it is clear you are blaming me, though pretending to care nothing, I would most gladly relate them to you myself, since we also happen to be alone, so that you may consider me less to be in a bad state towards you. For now perhaps you have not heard correctly, so that you appear to be more harshly disposed towards me than is necessary; but if you give me freedom of speech, I would receive it most gladly and wish to speak.

Τμῆμα 406

ΣΩ. Κλειτοφῶντα τὸν Ἀριστωνύμου τις ἡμῖν διηγεῖτο ἔναγχος, ὅτι Λυσίᾳ διαλεγόμενος τὰς μὲν μετὰ Σωκράτους διατριβὰς ψέγοι, τὴν Θρασυμάχου δὲ συνουσίαν ὑπερεπαινοῖ.

ΚΛΕΙ. ὅστις, ὦ Σώκρατες, οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀπεμνημόνευέ σοι τοὺς ἐμοὶ περὶ σοῦ γενομένους λόγους πρὸς Λυσίαν· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε οὐκ ἐπῄνουν σε, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐπῄνουν. ἐπεὶ δὲ δῆλος εἶ μεμφόμενος μέν μοι, προσποιούμενος δὲ μηδὲν φροντίζειν, ἥδιστʼ ἄν σοι διεξέλθοιμι αὐτοὺς αὐτός, ἐπειδὴ καὶ μόνω τυγχάνομεν ὄντε, ἵνα ἧττόν με ἡγῇ πρὸς σὲ φαύλως ἔχειν. νῦν γὰρ ἴσως οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀκήκοας, ὥστε φαίνῃ πρὸς ἐμὲ ἔχειν τραχυτέρως τοῦ δέοντος· εἰ δέ μοι δίδως παρρησίαν, ἥδιστα ἂν δεξαίμην καὶ ἐθέλω λέγειν.