By Mr. Creech.
Introduction, 378. Supposed conversation among some friends
respecting affairs at Thebes, at the period of the return of the
exiles, 379-382. About Pelopidas, Epaminondas, Charon, Archias,
Leontidas, Lysanoridas, 381, 382. Plan for liberating Thebes from
the Spartan rule, 382. Strange portents and omens, 383-385. Recourse
to Egypt for the interpretation of a strange, antiquated writing,
383-385. The writing interpreted, 386. Folly of superstition, 387.
Socrates pursued a more rational method, 387. What shall we think
of his Daemon? 388. Was it some trifling thing, as an omen or a
sneeze? 389, 391. It could be nothing but sound judgment, 390. A
stranger from Italy introduced, 392. His account of affairs at
Metapontum, 393. Lysis had escaped from massacre at Metapontum, and
been hospitably received at Thebes, 394. Theanor, the stranger,
offers money in requital for the kindness bestowed on Lysis, 394.
The offer refused, and why, 395. Discourse of Epaminondas thereon,
396-398. Epaminondas has a good Daemon, 399. The conversation turns
on the liberation of Thebes from the Spartan garrison, 400. Fear that
the plot is discovered, 401. Dreams and omens, 401, 402. The Daemon
of Socrates again, 403, 404. A strong impression made on the mind
of some extraordinary man is from a Daemon, like that of Socrates,
406. A romantic dream related, 407-411. A descent into the infernal
regions, 409. Daemons are seen there; their connection with human
beings on earth, 410, 411. The Pythagorean philosophy respecting
dreams, daemons, and sacred impulses, 412, 413. Epaminondas refuses
to kill any citizen without process of law, 414. Slaughter of the
Spartan commanders and liberation of Thebes, 414-423.