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1, 2. περιβοήτου, notorious.

3. εἰ δεῖ μὴ ληρεῖν, i.e. to call it by its right name, προδοσίας.

4. παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, i.e. in the minds of all men; but παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι (8), among the Greeks: in § 274.1 both ideas are combined.

6. ἐρωτᾷς; see Aesch. 236.

8. ἁπάντων: exaggeration; but see § 304.

9. ἀρξαμένων ἀπὸ σοῦ, i.e. your- self first and foremost.

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