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διαβάλλοντες τῇ πόλει: ‘by setting the citizens against him’ (J. and C.) rather than ‘by accusing him to the State’ (D. and V.). Cf. VI 498 C and Phaed. 67 E. βιαίῳ -- λάθρᾳ. Cf. Thuc. VIII 65. 2. αἵτημα τὸ πολυθρύλητον: as in the case of Theagenes of Megara, Pisistratus, and Dionysius of Syracuse: see Arist. Rhet. I 2. 1357^{b} 30—33 with Cope ad loc., and (for Dionysius) Grote X pp. 202 ff. and Freeman's Sicily III p. 558. Gilbert (Gr. Staatsalt. II p. 281 note 1) remarks that the body-guard plays a part in the genesis of nearly every Tyrannis.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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