1 The plural denotes the two brothers, Apollodorus and Pasicles.
2 These men would appear to have been slaves originally, and, like Phormio himself, were rewarded with emancipation. The alternative rendering, “freed them from all claims,” seems less probable.
3 Children, that is, whom she had borne to Phormio.
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