PHTHORA TON ELEUTHERON
PHTHORA TON ELEUTHERON (
φθορὰ τῶν
ἐλευθέρων) is only mentioned in a spurious law in Aesch.
c. Tim. § 12, according to which the
γυμνασιάρχαι who did not keep those above the
age of boys out of the palaestra at the celebration of the Hermaea were
liable to this charge; cf. § 10 (
Att. Process, ed.
Lipsius, p. 411). This very feast was the occasion on which Socrates was
introduced to the young Lysis (Plat.
Lys. p. 206 D f.).
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