The conception is thoroughly Greek, and may be paralleled abundantly from Plato as well as from Plutarch himself and contemporary writers. But it is really misapplied here, and is in fact a mistranslation, since the word used by Plato and Xenophon as well as by Plutarch is invariably not the daemon, but the neuter adjective, ‘the daemonic sc. Sign’. The passages of Plato and Xenophon are collected in the late James Riddell’s edition of the _Apology_ of Plato.[20] It is to be observed that in all the genuine works of Plato the operation of the Sign is negative and deterrent, in Xenophon it is sometimes positive and hortatory. The reader should consult the articles on Socrates by Professor Henry Jackson in the _Encyclopaedia Britannica_. Professor Jackson is inclined to think that the evidence points to some abnormal condition of the sense of hearing, and there are expressions in this Dialogue of Plutarch which seem to bear out such a view. Apuleius’ treatise _On the God of Socrates_ (which St. Augustine tells us that he would have entitled _On the daemon of Socrates_ if he had dared) tells us much which is of interest about the daemons, but not very much about Socrates. He contributes, however, the pertinent remark that the Sign, according to Socrates himself, was not ‘a voice’, but ‘a sort of voice’. There is no indication of the date of composition of this Dialogue. Not many points of topography arise. The Cadmeia stood on a low hill or plateau rising from north to south on the eastern side of the Dirce stream and reaching a height of some 200 feet, now occupied by the modern town. The market-place was north-east of this, near the river Ismenus. Of the seven famous gates the returning exiles may probably have entered by the Electran, the one assailed by Capaneus in Aeschylus’ story (_Seven against Thebes_, 423). A DIALOGUE HELD AT ATHENS [Sidenote: 573] CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE RETURN OF THE THEBAN EXILES, 379 B.C. SPEAKERS CAPHEISIAS, a Theban (brother of Epaminondas), who tells the story of the return. TIMOTHEUS., Athenian ARCHIDAMUS., Athenian THE SONS OF ARCHINUS., Athenian LYSITHEIDES., Athenian OTHER FRIENDS.