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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
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Καὶ μήν , ὦ Ἐρυξίμαχε , εἰπεῖν τὸν Ἀριστοφάνη , ἄλληι γέ πηι ἐν νῶι ἔχω λέγειν ἢ ἧι σύ τε καὶ Παυσανίας εἰπέτην . ἐμοὶ γὰρ δοκοῦσιν ἅνθρωποι παντάπασι τὴν τοῦ ἔρωτος δύναμιν οὐκ ἠισθῆσθαι , ἐπεὶ αἰσθανόμενοί γε μέγιστ᾽ ἂν αὐτοῦ ἱερὰ κατασκευάσαι καὶ βωμούς , καὶ θυσίας ἂν ποιεῖν μεγίστας , οὐχ ὥσπερ νῦν τούτων οὐδὲν γίγνεται περὶ αὐτόν , δέον πάντων μάλιστα γίγνεσθαι .
Aristophanes
professed
to
open
another
vein
of
discourse
;
he
had
a
mind
to
praise
Love
in
another
way
,
unlike
that
either
of
Pausanias
or
Eryximachus
.
Mankind
,
he
said
,
judging
by
their
neglect
of
him
,
have
never
,
as
I
think
,
at
all
understood
the
power
of
Love
.
For
if
they
had
understood
him
they
would
surely
have
built
noble
temples
and
altars
,
and
offered
solemn
sacrifices
in
his
honour
;
but
this
is
not
done
,
and
most
certainly
ought
to
be
done
: