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Fiction

Socrates’ Home Life

Lydia Masseron finds out exactly what’s on Xanthippe’s mind.

Setting: Xanthippe’s home. Lamprocles (6) and Sophroniscus (4) are running about. Xanthippe has just found out that she’s pregnant again. Akantha, her friend, has just popped in.

Akantha: Greetings Xanthippe! I hear congratulations are in order.