καί τι...γελοῖον παθεῖν. It was an
awkward situation in smart society. Cp. Plut. Conv. 6 p. 628 ἔλαθε γὰρ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὑπολειφθεὶς ὁ Σωκράτης, ὁ δὲ
παρεισῆλθεν, ἀτεχνῶς σκιὰ προβαδίζουσα σώματος ἐξόπισθε τὸ φῶς
ἔχοντος.
οἷ (sibi) goes
with ἀπαντήσαντα. Porson's insertion (from
Photius) of τῶν before ἔνδοθεν is no improvement: ἔνδοθεν is
to be taken with ἀπαντήσαντα, and there is no
indication that there were any ἔξωθεν παῖδες.
εἰς καλὸν ἥκεις. “Soyez le
bienvenu!” For the construction see Goodwin, § 317.
χθὲς ζητῶν σε
κτλ. Hug regards this as a piece of polite mendacity
on the part of Agathon. Are we, then, to construe Alcibiades' statement, χθὲς μὲν οὐχ οἷός τε κτλ. (212 E) as a similar
exhibition of “Salonweltlichkeit”?
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