καὶ ὡς ἤθλησα πλεῖστα εἷς ἀνήρ. With “πλεῖστος” the strengthening “εἷς” or “εἷς ἀνήρ” is esp. freq.: Tr. 460 “πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς”: Eur. Her. 8 “πλείστων μετέσχον εἷς ἀνήρ”: Xen. Cyr. 8.2.15 “θησαυροὺς...πλείστους ἑνὶ ἀνδρί”: Thuc. 8.40 “μιᾷ γε πόλει...πλεῖστοι”. Cp. O. T. 1380 n. With the MS. “χὤς τις” the “ὡς” before “ἐπαιδεύθην” must be repeated before “ἤθλησα”, the constr. being, “καὶ” (“ὡς”) “ἤθλησα, ὡς ἀνήρ τις πλεῖστα ἤθλησε”. This has been compared with Xen. Anab. 1.3.15 “ἄρχεσθαι ἐπίσταμαι ὥς τις καὶ ἄλλος μάλιστ᾽ ἀνθρώπων” (where some would omit the last two words),—a passage not properly similar: and here ἀνήρ becomes very weak. Elmsley, adopting χὤτι, took “ἀνήρ” as=“εἷς ἀνήρ”, quoting [Eur.] Rhes. 500 “καὶ πλεῖστα χώραν τήνδ᾽ ἀνὴρ καθυβρίσας” (where, for “καὶ”, read “εἷς” with Hermann): and Eur. Hec. 310 “θανὼν ὑπὲρ γῆς Ἑλλάδος κάλλιστ᾽ ἀνήρ”, where we should perh. read “κάλλιστ᾽ ἀνὴρ εἷς Ελλάδος θανὼν ὕπερ”. ἐπὶ ξένης: 184
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