Ο ΑΟΙΔΟΣ (Θ)

(ὁ οὖν Δικαιόπολις καὶ ὁ Σωκράτης λέγουσιν. ὁ μὲν Δικαιόπολις βούλεται τὸν Σωκράτην αὐτῷ βοηθεῖν · μάλιστα, ὁ δὲ βούλεται τὸν Σωκράτην διδάσκειν αὐτόν...)

ἔπειτα δὲ ὁ Σωκράτης "ὦ ἀγαθὲ ἀοιδέ," φησίν, "οὐκ δύναμαί σοι βοηθεῖν." ὁ δὲ Δικαιόπολις αὐτὸν ἀποκρινόμενος, "τί;" βοᾷ, "ἀλλὰ δεῖ σε δύνασθαί μοι βοηθεῖν. ἄκουε!..."

Δικ: ὦ Σώκρατα, ἆρα τό τι ὀφείλημα ἔχεις;

Σωκ: ἥκιστά γε · οὐδέν ἔχω.

Αλκ (ἡσυκῆ ἑαυτῷ): ἴσως ὁ δὲ 'ἓν' ἔχει.

Δικ: ἰοῦ! σὺ τό τι ὀφείλημα οὐκ ἔχεις · οὕτως δὴ, σαφῶς ἐπίστασαι δύο τοὺς Λόγους · οἱ γὰρ πολλοὶ αἰεί σοι πείθονται, ὦ Σώκρατα.

Σωκ: ἁμαρτάνεις, ὦ σαφὲ ἄγροικε · οὐκ ἔχω τό τι ὀφείλημα διότι τοῖς χρημάτοις οὐ χρῶμαι.

Δικ: οὐδέποτε;

Σωκ:οὐδέποτε.

Δικ: τοίγαρ, ἐγ' ἐθέλω σοι μισθοδοτεῖν ὥστε σὺ με διδάσκειν. καὶ δὴ καί, ἐν νῷ ἔχω σοι τε πολὺ καὶ μέγα μισθοδοτεῖν (καίπερ ἐγὼ ὑπόχρεως ὤν) · ἐγὼ γὰρ νῦν λαμπρός εἰμι, καὶ ἐγὼ τὰ χρήματα μισθοφορῶ ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτουργῶν ἀείδων ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς.

Σωκ: ἀλλὰ δὴ, ὦ ἀοιδέ, ἔγωγ' οὐκ βούλομαι τὰ σὰ χρήματα. καὶ δὴ καί, ἐγ' οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ἤ τὸν Δίκαιον ἤ τὸν Ἄδικον Λόγον.

Δικ: τί δῆτα, ἆρ' οὐκ ἐθέλεις με διδάσκειν; ἆρα τὸν Δικαιόπολιν ἀπωθεῖς;

Σωκ: ναί, οὕτως φαίνεται.

Δικ: οὖν οὐκοῦν ἴτε δή, ὦ σοφομωροί! τε καὶ λείπετε οὑτας τὰς ἕδρας! ἐγὼ γὰρ μὲν, πρότερον, ἐδυνάμην ὑμῖν βοηθεῖν · ἀλλὰ δὲ νῦν, ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἐθέλετέ μοι βοηθεῖν. ἴτε δή!

ἔπειτα μὲν ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης "οἴμοι" φησίν · ὁ δὲ Ἄργος τε πολὺ καὶ μέγα ὑλάκτει.

What does Dicaiopolis initially ask Socrates?
1. He asks Socrates if he's hungry.
2. He asks Socrates if he has any debts.
3. He asks Socrates what the "Clouds" is about.
4. He asks Socrates if Alcibiades has a girlfriend.
What is Socrates' reply to this question?
1. I have no debts.
2. I only have debts.
According to Alcibiades, is Socrates telling the truth.
1. Yes, by Asclepius! He is telling the truth.
2. No, he is not telling the truth. He might have one outstanding debt.
Why, according to the logic of Dicaiopolis, does Socrates have no debts?
1. Because Socrates' father is a merchant banker.
2. Because Socrates understands the "Two Arguments."
3. Because Socrates has always been punctual with his loan payments.
4. Because Socrates has never taken a loan.
What, according to Dicaiopolis, is the advantage in knowing the "Two Arguments?"
1. You can persuade people to obey you and, thus, not have to pay your debts.
2. There is no advantage. One λόγος is good enough.
3. You can talk 'till the wee hours of the morning at your monthly συμπόσιον.
4. They are indispensable tools in the pursuit of composing the greatest epic ever.
Why, according to Socrates, does he have no debts?
1. He's become fabulously wealthy as a leading sophist and has since repaid them all.
2. He has no use for money.
3. His wife, Xanthippe, only lets him gamble with pre-war, devalued Melian currency.
4. Debts? All his friends owe him seven obols each!
What is Dicaiopolis willing to do in order to get Socrates to teach him?
1. Beat Pheidipiddes' record.
2. Betroth his only daughter to the eldest son of Socrates.
3. Pay him handsomely for his effort.
4. Sacrifice a hecatomb in his honour.
Why does Socrates reject this kind offer?
1. He likes to see other people beg for a change.
2. Because not only does he not want Dicaiopolis' money, he also doesn't understand the "Two Arguments" himself.
3. Dicaiopolis does not have sufficient money to pay a prominent sophist.
4. He wants to spend more time at home with Xanthippe and less with Dicaiopolis.
How does Dicaiopolis react to this rejection?
1. He kicks them all out of his seats moments before the play is to start.
2. He becomes increasingly menacing and aggressive.
3. Being used to rejection, he is remarkably calm and detached.
4. Seething, he quietly walks out of the theatre.

Ο ΑΟΙΔΟΣ (Θ)

Multiple-choice exercise

Ο ΑΟΙΔΟΣ (Θ)