adopts it. Such a belief ought to be true; therefore it

And with what responding tones did the sacred tripod resound?

You shall know. The god ordered me in plain terms to follow the

first man I should meet upon leaving the temple and to persuade him to

And who was the first one you met?

And you are stupid enough not to understand the meaning of such an

answer! Why, the god was advising you thereby, and that in the

clearest possible way, to bring up your son according to the fashion

Is it not evident to the blind, that nowadays to do nothing that