"Ὦ Κρίτων... τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ὀφείλομεν ἀλεκτρυόνα. ἀλλὰ ἀπόδοτε καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσητε. (Ô Krítōn... tôi Asklēpiôi opheílomen alektruóna. allà apódote kaì mḕ amelḗsēte.)"
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January 1, 1970

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Who: Socrates, quoted by Plato in Phaedo — Note: Asclepius was a Greek god of healing (his shrine is on the side of the Acropolis). It seems to many that Socrates considered death to be a relief, and thus was thanking the god for the service of killing him.