27. Ὀρθαγόρᾳ τῷ Θηβαίῳ. Orthagoras is said by Athenaeus (IV. 184E) on the authority of Aristoxenus to have taught
Epaminondas how to play the flute.
29. αὐτόν but ἐκείνου in 28 and ἐκείνω̣ in 30: see on 310D
εἰς ὅ τι βελτίων is here used rather than ὅ τι or τί βελτίων (as in
l. 25) to prepare for εἰς αὔλησιν, where the preposition could
hardly be dispensed with.
31. οὕτω δή. Heindorf would write οὕτω δέ, which is frequent after ὥσπερ, e.g. 328A see his note on Phaedo, 72C.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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