Plato, Timaeus, Page 23d: Solon asks to hear everything

Solon asks the priests to tell him about the earliest Athenians, and the priest agrees for the sake of the goddess who founded both cities.

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τὸνtòn—οὐρανὸνouranònheavenἡμεῖςhēmeîsweἀκοὴνakoḕnreportπαρεδεξάμεθαparedexámethahave received.ἀκούσαςakoúsasheardοὖνoûnsoὁho—ΣόλωνSólōnSolonἔφηéphēsaidθαυμάσαιthaumásaimarvelledκαὶkaìandπᾶσανpâsaneveryπροθυμίανprothymíaneagerness

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23d Solon asks to hear everything. heaven, of which we have received report. So when Solon heard this, he said…

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