Opening Hippias Major — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · David Horan
Ah, it is the handsome and wise Hippias! It has been quite some time since you last set foot in Athens. I don’t have the time, Socrates. For whenever Elis needs any business transacted with any other cities, I am the first citizen it approaches, choosing me as ambassador on the assumption that I am the most competent judge and reporter of the communications from the various cities. Now, although I have acted as ambassador to other cities on many occasions, I have dealt most often on the most frequent and important matters with Sparta. And that’s why, to answer your question, I don’t visit this part of the world too often. Well, that is what comes of being a truly wise and accomplished man, Hippias. For in the private sphere, you are indeed well able to secure lavish payment from the young people, and the benefit you confer upon them exceeds the amount you are paid. And what is more, in …
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