Socrates: O Phaedrus — if I fail to know my Phaedrus, I have forgotten my own self.
But really, neither of these is (true).
Well do I know (eu oida) that when he heard Lysias' speech, he didn’t hear it only once. But often and repeatedly, Phaedrus urged him to speak. And Lysias eagerly (prothumos) obliged.
But even that wasn’t enough. And he, managing to take possession of the book, examined what his heart most desired (epithumos).
And doing this, sitting since early morning, he gave it up and went for a walk — knowing the speech thoroughly, I would guess, by the dog; unless it is very long indeed.
And he crossed outside the wall, that he might practice (meleta-o).
And meeting one sick (nosounti) about hearing words (logoi), and seeing him, seeing, it would pleasure him to possess a fellow Corybantic reveler, and he commanded him to lead.
And as the lover (erastes) of words (logoi) was begging him to speak, he broke away, as if it was not his desire (epithume-o) to speak.
But in the end, he was always going to speak, and if someone wouldn’t listen willingly, then by force.
O Phaedrus, anyway — beg yourself to make (poie-o) right now, and quick, the very pleasures (ede / edos) that you will nonetheless make!
ὦ Φαῖδρε, εἰ ἐγὼ Φαῖδρον ἀγνοῶ, καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιλέλησμαι. ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐδέτερά ἐστι τούτων: εὖ οἶδα ὅτι Λυσίου λόγον ἀκούων ἐκεῖνος οὐ μόνον ἅπαξ ἤκουσεν, ἀλλὰ πολλάκις ἐπαναλαμβάνων ἐκέλευέν οἱ λέγειν, ὁ δὲ ἐπείθετο προθύμως. τῷ δὲ οὐδὲ ταῦτα ἦν ἱκανά, ἀλλὰ τελευτῶν παραλαβὼν τὸ βιβλίον ἃ μάλιστα ἐπεθύμει ἐπεσκόπει, καὶ τοῦτο δρῶν ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ καθήμενος ἀπειπὼν εἰς περίπατον ᾔει, ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ οἶμαι, νὴ τὸν κύνα, ἐξεπιστάμενος τὸν λόγον, εἰ μὴ πάνυ τι ἦν μακρός. ἐπορεύετο δ᾽ ἐκτὸς τείχους ἵνα μελετῴη. ἀπαντήσας δὲ τῷ νοσοῦντι περὶ λόγων ἀκοήν, ἰδὼν μέν, ἰδών, ἥσθη ὅτι ἕξοι τὸν συγκορυβαντιῶντα, καὶ προάγειν ἐκέλευε. δεομένου δὲ λέγειν τοῦ τῶν λόγων ἐραστοῦ, ἐθρύπτετο ὡς δὴ οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν: τελευτῶν δὲ ἔμελλε καὶ εἰ μή τις ἑκὼν ἀκούοι βίᾳ ἐρεῖν. σὺ οὖν, ὦ Φαῖδρε, αὐτοῦ δεήθητι ὅπερ τάχα πάντως ποιήσει νῦν ἤδη ποιεῖν.