ADEIMANTOS: and our serious work

would be to keep her safe.

SOKRATES: as( she is )utterly destroyed in many,

ὡς διόλλυται ἐν πολλοῖς,

ADEIMANTOS: evidently.

but as ( youre in bed already )

our dreaming seems an active sleep

( to determine compatibility )

( singles inferno for meta-poetic we )

then does it end with you and me?

SOKRATES: but something( someone )small escapes

( acquitted, out, you flee ),

σμικρὸν δέ τι ἐκφεύγει,

ADEIMANTOS: by pollination or some kind of aerial seed,

( we guess its how these shes grew me )

or they could be the ( simple formulas )

for our calculator. she makes a kind of logic

( but we try not to hurry ) in order to find,

SOKRATES: ( those )which

( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )

( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )

( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ),

οὓς δὴ

ADEIMANTOS: she being who it looks like

as intelligence withdraws from arms races.

so youd better believe she treats herself well,

( she gives herself manicures and pedicures,

or she takes crystal baths in pastel oceans,

wherein her pearlescent bubbles ) the foam

has ample time ( the sea ) ( we-are-beingly ) really

( the measure of her own motion )

( we-time ) o-clock,

herself-care,

SOKRATES: and( indeed )not useless

( toilsome, grievous, toxic, malicious,

good-for-nothing waste ),

καὶ οὐ πονηρούς,

ADEIMANTOS: ( but no outcome we form )

apart from this-me born ( to-by-for ) her

( to caress every curve ) her goddess curves

( Hera, Gaia, all of hers ) apart from Zeus.

and our service ( to-by-for ) unserviceable she,

SOKRATES: but( they beauty- )call

( they will beauty-call )( to-by-for )( beauty-callings )

useless( unprofitable, unserviceable,

irrelevant, obsolete ),

ἀχρήστους δὲ καλοῦσι:

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed ( we are in my favour )

wearing only ( the sweet scent of raspberry )

( ylang-ylang, vanilla, lavender & patchouli )

( torn basil and tomato and thyme )

( oops was getting hungry )

what more could you want than that?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )after that

back again( bow wow )

the( shes )imitating( representing, portraying,

mimicking, expressing )this( she ),

καὶ μετὰ (491α) τοῦτο αὖ τὰς μιμουμένας ταύτην

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed this-she ( holds

the memory of summer ) somehow

in her animal sounds, as by the dog,

the butterfly, et cetera

( but then again ) what more?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )establishing( setting-down,

instituting )( themselves )( in )the pursuit

( business-practice-custom )( of )herself,

καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα καθισταμένας αὐτῆς,

ADEIMANTOS: and if we would ever be

at home ( on my skin ) then how?

SOKRATES: ( of )what sorts( of o )natures

( growths, births, origins )we-being

( to-by-for o )we-being

( you blow and puff )( you would-will bring-forth )

( you would-will flee, escape, fly )( of cool )

( contemplating through the cool of night )souls

( living beings, spirits, ghosts, selves, sources-of-life ),

( o refreshing in the shade )( refreshing )( the refreshing

in the shade )( o making-alive )( making-alive )

( they were making-alive )( we are making-alive )

( to make-alive )( the making-alive ),

οἷαι οὖσαι φύσεις ψυχῶν

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed she being ( silken ) ( and slippery )

and too ( alive ) too ( femme ) for hands to grasp.

from that mistrial, which theys would conclude

( hint - ) ( not the most measured ones )

we never were good at math?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )( who )( arriving-at,

coming-to, approaching )( a )pursuit( business-

practice )in( the )not( held as )worthy( of )

( and )( lordly-kingly )( and )larger

( greater )than them( he-she-it )selves,

εἰς ἀνάξιον καὶ μεῖζον ἑαυτῶν ἀφικνούμεναι ἐπιτήδευμα,

ADEIMANTOS: ( yet ) ( he practices letting her approach him )

so in these ( there is a lightness ) like laughter,

these letting-go, these letting-play, these letting-be,

( as we dive under blankets ) to express her-

SOKRATES: ( shes who )in-many-ways( would

be )( in error )making-false-notes

( offending music ),

πολλαχῇ πλημμελοῦσαι,

ADEIMANTOS: yet still shes cool ( cool as the river ravine,

( yet shes who will in many ways say, whoopsie,

yet her parts she be concealing from herself.

yet when we exhale ) and you breathe me in

( our currents would make music ) under my skin,

( as she would balance ) ( to-by-for ) her warming heart.

//

from hymn to Apollo

Odyssey XI.613-626

Republic VI

silken

good at math

lightness