[494c]
“Then they will fawn1 upon him with
petitions and honors, anticipating2 and flattering
the power that will be his.” “That certainly is the
usual way.” “How, then, do you think such a youth will
behave in such conditions, especially if it happen that he belongs to a
great city and is rich and well-born therein, and thereto handsome and tall?
Will his soul not be filled with unbounded ambitious hopes,3
and will he not think himself capable of managing the affairs of both Greeks
and barbarians,4
1 For ὑποκείσονται Cf. Gorg. 510 C, 576 AὑποπεσόντεςEurip.Orest. 670 ὑποτρέχειν, Theaet. 173 Aὑπελθεῖν.
2 i.e. endeavoring to secure the advantage of it for themselves by winning his favor when he is still young and impressionable.
3 Cf. Alc. I. 104 B-C ff.
4 Cf. Alc. I. 105 B-C.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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