μακρῶν τῶν νυκτῶν. This indication of
date would suit either the Lenaea in January or the Great
Dionysia in March, though rather favouring the former (cp.
Introd. § VIII a).
ἀλεκτρυόνων ᾀδόντων. Cp. Theaet. 164 C
ἀλεκτρυόνος ἀγεννοῦς δίκην...ᾁδειν. The hour
of cock-crow was, theoretically, the 3rd watch (12—3 a.m.): cp. Ev.
Mc. xiii. 35. Jowett's “he was awakened by a crowing of
cocks” misses ἤδη, which goes with
ᾀδόντων.
καὶ οἰχομένους. We should expect
ἤ rather than καί: but (as Rückert observes) οἱ μὲν
ἄλλοι fall into two subdivisions,—those absent in spirit
(καθεύδ.), and those absent in body (οἰχομ.).
ἐγρηγορέναι
κτλ. Cp. Athen. V. 192 A
Σωκράτης...ἐγρήγορε...καὶ πίνει ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατος:
καλῶς γάρ τις τὰ μέγαλα ποτήρια οὕτως ὠνόμασε κτλ.
τὰ μὲν ἄλλα
κτλ. This is artistic selection disguised under the
cloke of imperfect recollection, cp. 178 A, 180 C.
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