acknowledgethatthegeniusofcomedywasthesamewiththatof
tragedy,andthatthetrueartistintragedywasanartistincomedy
also.Tothistheywereconstrainedtoassent,beingdrowsy,andnot
quitefollowingtheargument.AndfirstofallAristophanesdropped
off,then,whenthedaywasalreadydawning,Agathon.Socrates,having
laidthemtosleep,rosetodepart;Aristodemus,ashismannerwas,
followinghim.AttheLyceumhetookabath,andpassedthedayas
usual.Intheeveningheretiredtorestathisownhome.
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