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    Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman

    Cratylus: Socrates

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    [408b] and tells us: “Ye human beings, he who contrived speech (eirein emêsato) ought to be called Eiremes by you.” We, however, have beautified the name, as we imagine, and call him Hermes. Iris also seems to have got her name from eirein, because she is a messenger.

    Hermogenes

    By Zeus, I believe Cratylus was right in saying I was not Hermogenes; I certainly am no good contriver of speech.

    Socrates

    And it is reasonable, my friend, that Pan is the double-natured son of Hermes.

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
    OCLC: 21777623, 26697110, 20083931
    ISBN: 0674991850, 0674991370, 0674991826

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