Having hymned you with these small words, and having appeared altogether lacking in worth, I am rightly taught the 'know thyself,' I also, with all, desiring the noble defeat.

τούτοις ἀνυμνήσας σε τοῖς μικροῖς λόγοις φανείς τε πάντως ἐνδεὴς τῆς ἀξίας τὸ «γνῶθι σαυτὸν» εἰκότως παιδεύομαι κἀγὼ μετὰ πάντων τὴν καλὴν ἧτταν ποθῶν.