χρυσᾶ. “Nur ein poetischer mit
καλός synonymer Ausdruck” (Rettig); no
doubt the material ἀγάλματα referred to were of gold
or gilt, cp.
Critias 116 D
“χρυσᾶ...ἀγάλματα ἐνέστησαν”
. For the metaph. use, cp. Hipp. Mai. 301 A, Phaedrus 235 E
φίλτατος εἶ καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς χρυσοῦς: Gorg. 486 D
χρυσῆν ἔχων...τὴν ψυχήν: and Shakspere's
“Golden lads and lasses.”
ἔμβραχυ. “In short,”
used to qualify a universal statement expressed by a relative such as ὅστις: cp. Gorg.
457 A (with Heindorf ad loc.), Hipp.
Min. 365 D; Ar. Vesp. 1120.
ἐσπουδακέναι ἐπὶ
κτλ. Observe how this contrasts with the παίζειν of 216 E: A., we
are to infer, had not as yet (at the date of the incident following) learnt the
“irony” of Socr. With the attitude of Alcib. here cp. what
Pausanias says in 184 B ff.
ὥρᾳ
. ὥρα as flos aetatis is
nearly equiv. to ἄνθος (183 E, 210 C): cp. 219 C, Phaedrus 234 A, I. Alc.
131 E τὰ...σὰ λήγει ὥρας, σὺ δ᾽ ἄρχει
ἀνθεῖν.
ἐφρόνουν
κτλ. For Alc.'s vanity, cp. I. Alc.
104 A.
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