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VII. The scolion was a peculiar kind of drinking-songs, παροίνια, sung at banquets. The one here alluded to is mentioned by Plato in Euthyd. 279 a, Phileb. 48 d, Legg. 631 c, 661 a. It probably was composed by Simonides, although according to some it was by Epicharmus. After Bergk's (Poet. Lyr. Gr. iii.^{4} 645) rhythmical changes the words acc. to the Scholiast read as follows:
Ὑγιαίνειν μὲν ἄριστον ἀνδρὶ θνατῷ, δεύτερον δὲ φυὰν καλὸν γενέσθαι, τὸ τρίτον δὲ πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ἡβᾶν μετὰ τῶν φίλων.
The last line of the scolion is omitted by Socrates, because, for his argument, only those advantages can be cited which involve the practice of some art.
καταριθμοῦνται: the advantages are arranged according to their value in the enumeration. Instead of an object the clause with ὅτι follows, introducing the dir. discourse.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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