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• 1 Anonymous // Mar 9, 2006 at 1:05 pm

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  The coldness was spreading about as far as his waist when Socrates uncovered his face — for he had covered it up — and said (they were his last words): ‘Crito, we ought to offer a cock to Asclepius. See to it, and don’t forget.’

  No joke.

  tophu14@aim.com

• 2 Anonymous // Mar 14, 2006 at 8:45 am

  Though you’re probably just laughing that he said “cock” rather than “rooster”, I thought I’d explain this… Asclepius was the god of healing. The tradition was to sacrifice a bird to the god in thanks for being cured of a disease. Socrates seems to be suggesting, as it fast approaches, that death is not a tragedy, but perhaps the cure for life.

• 3 Anonymous // Mar 14, 2006 at 8:45 am

  Though you’re probably just laughing that he said “cock” rather than “rooster”, I thought I’d explain this… Asclepius was the god of healing. The tradition was to sacrifice a bird to the god in thanks for being cured of a disease. Socrates seems to be suggesting, as it fast approaches, that death is not a tragedy, but perhaps the cure for life.

• 4 Anonymous // Jan 5, 2007 at 8:08 pm

  I’m pretty aware of it.

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