(50) Or, "Ah yes, of course; the tale is current."
Soc. Or have you not heard of the "woes of Palamedes," (51) that commonest theme of song, how for his wisdom's sake Odysseus envied him and slew him?
(51) See Virg. "Aen." ii. 90; Hygin. 105; Philostr. "Her." x.
Euth. That tale also is current.
Soc. And how many others, pray, do you suppose have been seized on account of their wisdom, and despatched to the great king and at his court enslaved? (52)
(52) Cf. Herod. iii. 129.
Well, prosperity, well-being (53) (he exclaimed), must surely be a blessing, and that the most indisputable, Socrates?
(53) {to eudaimonein}, "happiness." Cf. Herod. i. 86.
It might be so (replied the philosopher) if it chanced not to be in itself a compound of other questionable blessings.
Euth. And which among the components of happiness and well-being can possibly be questionable?