that she in fact enjoysa from gods and men, and I ask that we admit that she is thus esteemed in order that she may gather in the prizesb which she wins from the seeming and bestows on her possessors, since she has been proved to bestow the blessings that come from the reality and not to deceive those who truly seek and win her.” “That is a just demand,” he said. [E] “Then,” said I, “will not the first of these restorations be that the gods certainlyc are not unawared of the true character of