_Phæd._ I am at leisure, and will endeavor to give you a full account; for to call Socrates to mind, whether speaking myself or listening to some one else, is always most delightful to me. 5. _Ech._ And indeed, Phædo, you have others to listen to you who are of the same mind. However, endeavor to relate every thing as accurately as you can. _Phæd._ I was, indeed, wonderfully affected by being present, for I was not impressed with a feeling of pity, like one present at the death of a friend; for the man appeared to me to be happy, Echecrates, both from his manner and discourse, so fearlessly and nobly did he meet his death: so much so, that it occurred to me that in going to Hades he was not going without a divine destiny, but that when he arrived there he would be happy, if any one ever was. For this reason I was entirely uninfluenced by any feeling of pity, as would seem likely to be the case with one present on so mournful an occasion; nor was I affected by pleasure from being engaged in philosophical discussions, as was our custom; for our conversation was of that kind. But an altogether unaccountable feeling possessed me, a kind of unusual mixture compounded of pleasure and pain together, when I considered that he was immediately about to die. And all of us who were present were affected in much the same manner, at one time laughing, at another weeping--one of us especially, Apollodorus, for you know the man and his manner. _Ech._ How should I not? 6. _Phæd._ He, then, was entirely overcome by these emotions; and I, too, was troubled, as well as the others. _Ech._ But who were present, Phædo? _Phæd._ Of his fellow-countrymen, this Apollodorus was present, and Critobulus, and his father, Crito; moreover, Hermogenes, Epigenes, Æschines and Antisthenes; Ctesippus the Pæanian, Menexenus, and some others of his countrymen, were also there: Plato, I think, was sick. _Ech._ Were any strangers present? _Phæd._ Yes; Simmias, the Theban, Cebes and Phædondes; and from Megara, Euclides and Terpsion. 7. _Ech._ But what! were not Aristippus and Cleombrotus present? _Phæd._ No, for they were said to be at Ægina. _Ech._ Was any one else there? _Phæd._ I think that these were nearly all who were present. _Ech._ Well, now, what do you say was the subject of conversation?