ἐπαποθανεῖν. This and 208 D are the only classical instances cited of this
compound; nor does there seem to be another class. instance of ὑπεραγασθῆναι.
Αἰσχύλος δὲ φλυαρεῖ. The reference is
to Aesch. Myrmidons (fr. 135, 136 N.). Sophocles, too, wrote an
Ἀχιλλέως Ἐρασταί: cp. also Xen.
Symp. VIII. 31. Achilles, like Asclepius and others, was worshipped in
some places (e.g. Epirus) as a god, in others (e.g. Elis) as a hero.
ἀλλ̓ ἄρα καὶ
. “Ἄρα h. l. stare potest, valet: nimirum” (Wyttenbach): for ἄρα affirmative in a universal statement, cp. 177 E, Rep. 595 A. To alter
to ἅμα, as Burnet, is unnecessary.
καλλίων. For the beauty of Achilles, see
Il. II. 673. Ov. Trist. II. 411 refers to Sophocles'
play—“nec nocet auctori mollem qui fecit Achillem”: cp.
Lucian dial. mort. 18. 1.
ἀγένειος. The hero is so represented in
art; and the Schol. ad Il. I. 131 applies to him the epithet
γυναικοπρόσωπος. Similarly Apollo, in Callim.
H. II. 36 f. οὔποτε Φοίβου
| θηλείησ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὅσσον ἐπὶ χνόος ἦλθε
παρειαῖς.
νεώτερος. See Il. XI. 786
γενέῃ μὲν ὑπέρτερός ἐστιν Ἀχιλλεύς
| πρεσβύτερος δὲ σύ (sc. Πάτροκλος) ἐσσι: and
Schol. ad Il. XXIII. 94. For the relative ages of παιδικά and ἐραστής, see
181 B ff. below; Xen. Anab. II. 6.
28 αὐτὸς δὲ (sc. Meno) παιδικὰ εἶχε Θαρύπαν ἀγένειος ὢν γενειῶντα (mentioned as an
enormity); Ov. Met. X. 83 ff.
μάλιστα μὲν...μᾶλλον μέντοι. This
savours of a Hibernicism: cp. Gorg. 509 B
μέγιστον τῶν κακῶν...καὶ ἔτι τούτου μεῖζον.
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