16. συμβῆναι—ὥσπερ ὑπὸ διαιτητῶν ἡμῶν συμβιβαζόντων. συμβαίνω forms a passive to συμβιβάζω as πάσχειν to
ποιεῖν, whence ὑπό: see note on Apol. 17A. συμβιβάζω is regular
in the sense of bringing together, effecting an arrangement
between: cf. (with Sauppe) Thuc. II. 29. 6 ξυνεβίβασε δὲ καὶ τὸν
Περδίκκαν τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις. Note that ἡμῶν has no preposition with
it—this is frequent (but not universal) in similes where ὥσπερ
and a preposition precede the object compared, and the effect is
almost to make the simile an identification: if on the other hand
the object compared comes first, the preposition must be expressed twice. Cf. Theaet. 170A ὥσπερ πρὸς θεοὺς ἔχειν τοὺς ἐν
ἑκάστοις ἄρχοντας (which might have been πρὸς τοὺς ἐν ἑκάστοις
ἄρχοντας ὥσπερ πρὸς θεοὺς ἔχειν) and see notes on Crito, 46C,
Euthyphr. 2C.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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