ὃ οὐκ...ἐνεῖναι. This is a specimen of
the naive candour which characterizes Alcib. throughout. For Alcib.'s self-assurance,
cp. Xen. Mem. I. 2. 47.
ἡττημένῳ...πολλῶν. “Me
honori, quo me ornet populi multitudo, succumbere” (Stallb.). Cp. Rep. 359 A: Xen. Cyrop.
III. 3. 2 ἥδεσθαι τῇ ὑπὸ πάντων τιμῇ: Thuc.
I. 130. 1. For the thought, cp. Rep. 491
C ff.
δραπετεύω. “I take to my
heels,” like a runaway slave (δραπέτης,
Meno 97 E).
τὰ ὡμολογημένα. I.e. the
conclusions as to his own ἔνδεια forced upon him by
S.; cp. 216 A
ἀναγκάζει...ὁμολογεῖν.
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