SPEÜSIPPÜS.
But there must be an interval of a year between the purification and the initiation.
ALCIBIADES.
We will suppose all that.
(1) The right of Euripides to this line is somewhat
disputable. See Aristophanes; Plutus, 1152.
SPEÜSIPPÜS.
And nine days of rigid mortification of the senses.
ALCIBIADES.
We will suppose that too. I am sure it was supposed, with as little reason, when I was initiated.