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1、360BCPHAEDObyPlatotranslatedbyBenjaminJowettPERSONSOFTHEDIALOGUEPHAEDO,whoisthenarratorofthedialoguetoECHECRATESofPhliusSOCRATESAPOLLODORUSSIMMIASCEBESCRITOATTENDANTOFTHEPRISONPHAEDOSCENE:ThePrisonofSocratesPLACEOFTHENARRATION:PhliusEchecrates.Wereyouyourself,Phaedo,inth
2、eprisonwithSocratesonthedaywhenhedrankthepoison?Phaedo.Yes,Echecrates,Iwas.Ech.Iwishthatyouwouldtellmeabouthisdeath.Whatdidhesayinhislasthours?Wewereinformedthathediedbytakingpoison,butnooneknewanythingmore;fornoPhliasianevergoestoAthensnow,andalongtimehaselapsedsinceany
3、AthenianfoundhiswaytoPhlius,andthereforewehadnoclearaccount.Phaed.Didyounothearoftheproceedingsatthetrial?Ech.Yes;someonetoldusaboutthetrial,andwecouldnotunderstandwhy,havingbeencondemned,hewasputtodeath,asappeared,notatthetime,butlongafterwards.Whatwasthereasonofthis?Ph
4、aed.Anaccident,Echecrates.ThereasonwasthatthesternoftheshipwhichtheAthenianssendtoDeloshappenedtohavebeencrownedonthedaybeforehewastried.Ech.Whatisthisship?Phaed.Thisistheshipinwhich,astheAthenianssay,TheseuswenttoCretewhenhetookwithhimthefourteenyouths,andwasthesaviouro
5、fthemandofhimself.AndtheyweresaidtohavevowedtoApolloatthetime,thatiftheyweresavedtheywouldmakeanannualpilgrimagetoDelos.Nowthiscustomstillcontinues,andthewholeperiodofthevoyagetoandfromDelos,beginningwhenthepriestofApollocrownsthesternoftheship,isaholyseason,duringwhicht
6、hecityisnotallowedtobepollutedbypublicexecutions;andoften,whenthevesselisdetainedbyadversewinds,theremaybeaveryconsiderabledelay.AsIwassaying,theshipwascrownedonthedaybeforethetrial,andthiswasthereasonwhySocrateslayinprisonandwasnotputtodeathuntillongafterhewascondemned.
7、Ech.Whatwasthemannerofhisdeath,Phaedo?Whatwassaidordone?Andwhichofhisfriendshadhewithhim?Orweretheynotallowedbytheauthoritiestobepresent?Anddidhediealone?Phaed.No;therewereseveralofhisfriendswithhim.Ech.Ifyouhavenothingtodo,Iwishthatyouwouldtellmewhatpassed,asexactlyasyo
8、ucan.Phaed.Ihavenothingtodo,andwilltrytogratifyyourwish.Fortome,too,thereisnogreaterpleasurethantohaveS