Laws
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
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The opening
BOOK I.
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: An Athenian Stranger, Cleinias (a Cretan), Megillus (a Lacedaemonian).
ATHENIAN: Tell me, Strangers, is a God or some man supposed to be the author of your laws?
CLEINIAS: A God, Stranger; in very truth a God: among us Cretans he is said to have been Zeus, but in Lacedaemon, whence our friend here comes, I believe they would say that Apollo is their lawgiver: would they not, Megillus?
MEGILLUS: Certainly.
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- Benjamin Jowett's English translation, copied word for word.
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- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
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- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places