His mention of Aesop reminds Cebes that Evenus claimed to have heard that Socrates was reworking the fables in prison. This is true, Socrates says. He was obeying a dream. In response to their expressions of surprise, Socrates proclaims his conviction that death is not a separation from the gods. Death is not the end, and in the world to come the good will fare beter than the wicked.
Death is the separation of the body from the soul.
The philosopher longs for te purification of the soul from the body which can be hoped for in death. That is why Socrates is not complaining at his impending death. He has spent his life preparing for it, in the hope that in the next world he will attain the wisdom he has sought i this life. The philosopher is not like the lover of the body. Socrates appeals in responding to the notion of paired opposites .