νῦν δὲ ἀνάγκη γὰρ τὸν ἐρῶντα τῷ ἐρωμένῳ ἀκολουθεῖν ὅπῃ ἂν ἐκεῖνοσ ὑπάγῃ, τί δὴ αὖ λέγεισ τὸ ὅσιον εἶναι καὶ τὴν ὁσιότητα; οὐχὶ ἐπιστήμην τινὰ τοῦ θύειν τε καὶ εὔχεσθαι; ἔγωγε. οὐκοῦν τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖσ θεοῖσ, τὸ δ’ εὔχεσθαι αἰτεῖν τοὺσ θεούσ; καὶ μάλα, ὦ Σώκρατεσ.
