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Translation

And after the meal Dikaiopolis says: Come on, or do you not want to go up onto the Acropolis and see the temples? As for granddad he is very tired and doesn't want to go up and the others leave him sitting in the colonnade and, pushing through the crowd, go up onto the Acropolis.

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  • μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον 
  • μετὰ τοῦ φίλου 
  • τὸ ἱερόν 
  • λείπω  first seen in 3b
  • διά τοῦ ὁμίλου ὠθίζονται 
  • διὰ τὸν ὅμιλον μόλις προχωροῦσιν in answer to διὰ τί;