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1 Cf. on 591 E.
2 τὸν ἔχοντα: Cf. Phaedr. 239 C, Laws 837 B, Soph.Antig. 790 and also Rep. 610 C and E.
3 For the tyrant's companions cf. Newman, i. p. 274, note 1.
4 Cf. the similar lists of crimes in Gorg. 508 E, Xen.Mem. i. 2. 62.
5 So Shaw and other moderns argue in a somewhat different tone that crimes of this sort are an unimportant matter.
6 οὐδ᾽ ἴκταρ βάλλει was proverbial, “doesn't strike near,” “doesn't come within range.” Cf. Aelian, N.A. xv. 29. Cf. also οὐδ᾽ ἐγγύς, Symp. 198 B, 221 D, Herod. ii. 121, Demosth.De cor. 97.
7 In the Greek the apodosis is suppressed. Cf. Protag. 325 D. Adam refers to Herwerden, Mn. xix. pp. 338 f.
8 So also the Hindus of Bengal, The Nation,July 13, 1911, p. 28. Cf. Isoc. iv. 25πατρίδα καὶ μητέρα, Lysias ii. 18μητέρα καὶ πατρίδα, Plut. 792 E (An seni resp.)ἡ δὲ πατρὶς καὶ μητρὶς ὡς Κρῆτες καλοῦσι. Vol. I. p. 303, note e, on 414 E, Menex. 239 A.
9 Cf. the accidental coincidence of Swinburne's refrain, “This is the end of every man's desire” (Ballad of Burdens).
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