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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: as his comrade.[61] Yes, and Orestes and Pylades,[62] Theseus and
Peirithous,[63] with many another noble pair of demigods, are
celebrated as having wrought in common great and noble deeds, not
because they lay inarmed, but because of the admiration they felt for
one another.
[60] As an authority on Homer.
[61] Cf. Plat. "Symp." 179 E: "The notion that Patroclus was the
beloved one is a foolish error into which Aeschylus has fallen,"
etc. (in his "Myrmidons"). See J. A. Symonds, "The Greek Poets,"
2nd series, "Achilles," p. 66 foll.
[62] Concerning whom Ovid ("Pont." iii. 2. 70) says, "nomina fama
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