[818] μηδὲ ... τινα sc. ἔξεστι, absolutely: not is it lawful that anyone should speak to him.
ὠθεῖν δ᾽ the positive δεῖ must be evolved from the negative οὐκ ἔξεστι: cp. Soph. El. 71 “καὶ μή μ᾽ ἄτιμον τῆσδ᾽ ἀποστείλητε γῆς ι ἀλλ᾽ ἀρχέπλουτον” （sc. καταστήσατε）. See above, 241. καὶ τάδ᾽ And these things—these curses— none but I laid on myself. And as the thought proceeds, the speaker repeats τάδε in a more precise and emphatic form: cp. Plat. Rep. 606b “ἐκεῖνο κερδαίνειν ἡγεῖται, τὴν ἡδονήν.”This text is part of:
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