τῆς ἰατρικῆς. Eryx. speaks, as a member
of the Asclepiad guild, of “our art”: for
his glorification of “the art,” see also 176 D, 196 A, and Agathon's allusion in
196 D. Cp. Theaet. 161 E
τὸ δὲ δὴ ἐμόν τε καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς τέχνης τῆς μαιευτικῆς
κτλ., where also Naber excises τῆς μ.
(cp. Vahlen Op. Ac. II. 273).
ὡς μέγας
κτλ. This ὡς-clause
serves to repeat in another form the initial ὅτι-clause, thus making two object-clauses to one main clause in the
sentence, for which cp. 211 E
infra, Apol. 20 C.
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