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"Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?" - From Plato's account of the trial and death of Socrates.

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These were the last words of Socrates.

Asclepius was the Greek God of the healing arts.

A cock was a traditional sacrificial animal.

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