Plato, Timaeus, Page 24a: Priests, craftsmen and herdsmen

The Egyptian priest, as Critias retells him, promises the records another day and tells Solon to compare the old Athenian laws with the laws of Egypt. He begins listing the classes into which Egypt divides its people.

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πάντωνpántōneverythingἐφεξῆςephexêsin orderεἰςeisforαὖθιςaûthisanother timeκατὰkatàatσχολὴνscholḕnleisureαὐτὰautàthe veryτὰtà—γράμματαgrámmatawritingsλαβόντεςlabóntestaking upδιέξιμενdiéximenwe will go through.

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24a Priests, craftsmen and herdsmen. Critias: We will go through everything in order another time, at our leisure, taking…

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