ἄτρωτος. “Invulnerable on all
sides”: cp. τετρῶσθαι 219 B. For the
incorruptibility of Socr., shown by his sending back Alcib.'s presents, see Stob.
Flor. XVII. 17, Ael. v. h. IX. 29.
σιδήρῳ ὁ Αἴας. For the impregnable
seven-fold shield of Ajax, see Pind. Isthm. V. 45; Soph. Aj. 576; Welcker Kl.
Schr. II. p. 267.
ᾧ τε ᾤμην. Sc.
τῇ ὥρᾳ (cp. 219
C): the antecedent, κατὰ τοῦτο (διαπεφ.), has to be supplied.
καταδεδουλωμένος. Cp. Euthyd. 303 C. Above, 215 E, we had ἀνδραποδωδῶς
διακείμενος.
περιῇα. “I wandered
about,” suggestive of aimless despair: cp. Prot. 348 D, Rep.
620 C: so περιτρέχων 173 A.
στρατεία...κοινῇ. Potidaea revolted from
Athens in 435 B.C. and after 5 years of war was reduced in 430 (see Bury's
Hist. Gr. pp. 392—3): Socr.'s part in the campaign is
alluded to also in Apol. 28 E, Charm. 153 A, C: cp. Plut. adv. Colot. p. 1117 E.
συνεσιτοῦμεν. “We were
mess-mates” (σύσσιτοι). This implies
personal friendship rather than proximity of origin; for Socr. and Alcib. belonged to
different φυλαί and to different τάξεις.
τοῖς πόνοις. Cp. 197 E (Ἔρως) ἐν πόνῳ...ἄριστος.
ἀποληφθέντες. “Cut
off,” “a commeatu intercepti et prohibiti” (Stallb.):
cp. Hdt. II. 115. 2; Thuc. VI. 22; Gorg. 522
A.
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