[393] τό γ᾽ αἴνιγμ᾽ is nominative: the riddle did not belong to （was not for） the first comer, that he should solve it. Soph. OC 751 “οὐ γάμων ι ἔμπειρος, ἀλλὰ τοὐπιόντος ἁρπάσαι.” Thuc. 6.22 “πολλὴ γὰρ οὖσα ἡ στρατιὰ οὐ πάσης ἔσται πόλεως ὑποδέξασθαι.” ὁ ἐπιών, any one who comes up; cp. Plat. Rep. 372d “ὡς νῦν ὁ τυχὼν καὶ οὐδὲν προσήκων ἔρχεται ἐπ᾽ αὐτό.”
διειπεῖν “to declare,” “to solve”: cp. 854. διά implies the drawing of clear distinctions; cp. Soph. OC 295 “διειδέναι,” diiudicare, n.This text is part of:
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