Opening Protagoras — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · David Horan
Where are you coming from, Socrates? Or is it quite obvious that you have been pursuing the youthful glory of Alcibiades? And yet, when I saw him just the other day, he seemed already like a fine man to me. Yes, a man he is, Socrates, since between ourselves, his beard is starting to grow. What of it? You are an admirer of Homer, aren’t you? And he says that a youth is at his most gracious when the beard is starting to grow, the stage Alcibiades is at now. Well, what’s going on these days? Is it him you are coming from? How is the young man disposed towards you? Nicely, in my opinion anyway, especially today, for he said a great deal to support and assist me. And yes indeed, I have just been with him. Yet I want to tell you something unusual, for although Alcibiades was present, I paid no attention to him, and indeed on occasion I forgot he was even there. What could have happened to …
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