in a moment,
he was saying
(like a poem

like a planet
like a god)
he would appear —

and you will go —
you would go into —
he would send into —
you will —
you will have seen —
how you will know —

how great and gathering and grown
and of what sort
he has become.

and at the same time
(leaving a residue of salt)
by this speaking (these) itself,

he
Charmides
enters.


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αὐτίκα
ἔφη

εἴσῃ

καὶ ἡλίκος
καὶ οἷος γέγονεν

καὶ ἅμα
ταῦτ᾽ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος

ὁ Χαρμίδης εἰσέρχεται