Plato 514b (1)
Mischa Hooker / GREK 102
- Created on 2024-03-10 22:25:00
- Modified on 2024-03-22 16:10:09
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
φῶς δὲ αὐτοῖς πυρὸς ἄνωθεν καὶ πόρρωθεν καόμενον ὄπισθεν αὐτῶν , μεταξὺ δὲ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τῶν δεσμωτῶν ἐπάνω ὁδόν , παρ’ ἣν ἰδὲ τειχίον παρῳκοδομημένον , ὥσπερ τοῖς θαυματοποιοῖς πρὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρόκειται τὰ παραφράγματα , ὑπὲρ ὧν τὰ θαύματα δεικνύασιν .
Ὁρῶ , ἔφη .
Ὁρῶ , ἔφη .
Picture
further
the
light
from
a
fire
burning
higher
up
and
at
a
distance
behind
them
,
and
between
the
fire
and
the
prisoners
and
above
them
a
road
along
which
a
low
wall
has
been
built
,
as
the
exhibitors
of
puppet-shows1
have
partitions
before
the
men
themselves
,
above
which
they
show
the
puppets
.
All that I see , he said .
All that I see , he said .