[290β]
φήσει, ‘οἴει τοῦτο τὸ καλὸν ὃ σὺ λέγεις ἠγνόει Φειδίας;’ καὶ ἐγώ: τί μάλιστα; φήσω. ‘ὅτι,’ ἐρεῖ, ‘τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς οὐ χρυσοῦς ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ τὸ ἄλλο πρόσωπον οὐδὲ τοὺς πόδας οὐδὲ τὰς χεῖρας, εἴπερ χρυσοῦν γε δὴ ὂν κάλλιστον ἔμελλε φαίνεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐλεφάντινον: δῆλον ὅτι τοῦτο ὑπὸ ἀμαθίας ἐξήμαρτεν, ἀγνοῶν ὅτι χρυσὸς ἄρ᾽ ἐστὶν ὁ πάντα καλὰ ποιῶν, ὅπου ἂν προσγένηται.’ ταῦτα οὖν λέγοντι τί ἀποκρινώμεθα, ὦ Ἱππία;
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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