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σύμβολα might be merely the token of friendship (tessera hospitalis; cf. schol. ad Eur. Med. 613), which would prove to Glaucus that the applicants were heirs of the Milesian, but here probably = tallies, proofs of the agreement such as two halves of a broken coin.


με περιφέρει, ‘nothing you say brings me to remember the fact.’ περιφέρει is here active, ‘remettre en mémoire’; cf. Plat. Laches 180 E περιφέρει δέ τίς με καὶ μνήμη ἄρτι τῶνδε λεγόντων.

νόμοισι: the common laws of the Greeks, recognized by Spartan and Ionian alike. Glaucus will make a public and legal disavowal of the deposit on oath (cf. γ).

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