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Socrates

This person meets the main character while on a walk outside Athens and entices him to engage in discussion about a speech.

Phaedrus

After listening to a speech by his lover, this character wants to refresh himself by walking and thinking.

Anaxagoras

This person taught a famous person who derived from him the knowledge of rhetoric.

Stesichorus

This person was a poet who wrote about Helen and the Trojan War and was blinded.

Tisias

This person's arguments were used to define the difference between probability and belief as exerted by crowds.

Herodicus

This person suggested that one should walk as far as a famous mythological character to maintain health.

Anacreon

This person was a famous Greek lyric poet.

Acumenus

This person advises that walking is healthier than running, and the main character follows his advices and engages in walking around Athens.

Sybil

This person was inspired to...

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