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κἀγὼ -- ε<*>ναι . Contrast Aesch. P. V. 1032 ψευδηγορεῖν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίσταται στόμα | τὸ Δῖον, ἀλλὰ πᾶν ἔπος τελεῖ: see on 380 D above. ἤλπιζον: ‘fancied,’ not ‘hoped’: cf. V 451 A, IX 573 C, and ἐλπίς in VII 517 B. This idiomatic usage is illustrated by Rutherford on Babrius 9. 2.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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