Plato, Timaeus, Page 17b: Repaying the feast with words

Timaeus promises full effort, and Socrates asks what they remember of the assignment he gave them. Timaeus suggests a short review from the beginning.

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πάνυpányby all meansμὲνmèn—οὖνoûn—,καὶkaìandκατὰkatàas far asδύναμίνdýnamínpowerγεge—οὐδὲνoudènnothingἐλλείψομενelleípsomenwill leave out·

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17b Repaying the feast with words. Timaeus: By all means, and as far as our power goes we shall leave…

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