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ἀπαλλάξειν that they would draw away [the youth, τοὺς νεωτέρους]. τὰ γυμνάσια — τὰ κυνηγέσια not here ‘the gymnasiums’, but ‘athletic exercises’: Plat. Laches 181 E, (τὸ ἐν ὅπλοις μάχεσθαι is good for young men) οὐδενὸς γὰρ τῶν γυμνασίων φαυλότερον οὐδ᾽ ἐλάττω πόνον ἔχει, καὶ ἅμα προσήκει ἐλευθέρῳ μάλιστα τοῦτό τε τὸ γυμνάσιον καὶ ἡ ἱππική. — τὰ κυνηγέσια: cp. the taunt of Aeschines against Demosthenes, In Ctes. § 255, τίνες ὑμῶν εἰσιν οἱ βοηθήσοντες τῷ Δημοσθένει; πότερον οἱ συγκυνηγέται ἢ οἱ συγγυμνασταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτ᾽ ἦν ἐν ἡλικίᾳ; ἀλλὰ μὰ τὸν Δία τὸν Ὀλύμπιον οὐχ ὗς ἀγρίους κυνηγετῶν...διαγεγένηται. ὁρῶντες ‘seeing that by these pursuits [τούτων] some are made excellent men, and others are led to abstain from most vices’. ἀπεχομένους, midd.
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