“But mine. You always love my enemies and hate my friends; that is a bad sign.”
“Your friends are bad men.”
“No, on the contrary. Pericles was the greatest of the Athenians, Phidias the best, Euripides the noblest, Plato the wisest, Alcibiades the most gifted, Protagoras the most acute.”
“And Aristophanes?”
“He is my enemy, though I do not know why. I suppose you have heard of the comedy which he has written about me.”
“Anytos told me. Have you seen it?”
“I saw the Clouds yesterday.”
“Was it amusing—was it clever?”
“What did Anytos think?”
“He made me laugh when he described some scenes.”