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ἀκούσαις -- ἐλεύθερος rings like an echo from some of the panegyrists of Athens: cf. Eur. Ion 669—675 with Menex. 239 A ff. and Thuc. II 37. 2. ἔχει -- κάλλιστον (sc. ἡ δημοκρατουμένη πόλις)=‘is its fairest possession,’ not ‘it has this in the highest perfection’ (as suggested in J. and C.). προστατούντων. See on 565 C.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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