ACT I.
Scene II.
Οὐκ άγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη᾿ εἷς κΟίρανος ἔστω,
Εἷς βασιλεὺς
[Minos sleeping: to him enter the Phantasm of Euclid. Minos opens his eyes and regards him with a blank and stony gaze, without betraying the slightest surprise or even interest.]
§ 1. A priori reasons for retaining Euclid's Manual.
Euc. Now what is it you really require in a Manual of Geometry?
Min. Excuse me, but—with all respect to a shade whose name I have reverenced from early boyhood—is not that rather an abrupt way of starting a conversation? Remember, we are twenty centuries apart in history, and consequently have never had a personal interview till now. Surely a few preliminary remarks—
