[18] ἐγὼ μὲν The answering clause, οἱ δὲ ἄλλων θεῶν, must be supplied mentally: cp. Hom. Il. 5.893 “τὴν μὲν ἐγὼ σπουδῇ δάμνησ᾽ ἐπέεσσι”（sc. τὰς δὲ ἄλλας ῥᾳδίως）. It is slightly different when μέν, used alone, emphasizes the personal pronoun, as in “ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα” Xen. Cyrop. 1.4.12. οἵδε τ᾽. The conjecture οἱ δ᾽ ἐπ᾽（“chosen to represent the youth”） involves a questionable use of ἐπί: cp. Soph. Ant. 787 n. ᾐθέων, unmarried youths: Hom. Il. 18.593 “ἠΐθεοι καὶ παρθένοι”: Eur. Phoen. 944 “Αἵμονος ... γάμοι ι σφαγὰς ἀπείργουσ᾽: οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος”: Plut. Thes. 15 “ᾐθέους ἑπτὰ καὶ παρθένους.”
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