.); Hartman, op. cit. p. 260.

(18) Cf. "Mem." I. ii. 38.

(19) Cf. "Anab." II. vi. 11; "Hell." VI. iv. 16.

(20) "Not of malice prepense."

(21) Or, "Such then, as I describe it, is the type of war," etc.

III

Turn now and contemplate the sort of friendship whereof it is given to
tyrants to partake. And first, let us examine with ourselves and see if
friendship is truly a great boon to mortal man.

How fares it with the man who is beloved of friends? See with what
gladness his friends and lovers hail his advent! delight to do him
kindness! long for him when he is absent from them! (1) and welcome him
most gladly on his return! (2) In any good which shall betide him they
rejoice together; or if they see him overtaken by misfortune, they rush
to his assistance as one man. (3)

(1) Reading {an ate}, or if {an apie}, transl. "have yearning hearts
when he must leave them."

(2) See Anton Rubinstein, "Die Musik and ihre Meister," p. 8, "Some
Remarks on Beethoven's Sonata Op. 81."

(3) Cf. "Cyrop." I. vi. 24 for a repetition of the sentiment and
phraseology.

Nay! it has not escaped the observation of states and governments that
friendship is the greatest boon, the sweetest happiness which men may
taste. At any rate, the custom holds (4) in many states "to slay the
adulterer" alone of all "with impunity," (5) for this reason clearly
that such miscreants are held to be destroyers of that friendship (6)
which binds the woman to the husband. Since where by some untoward
chance a woman suffers violation of her chastity, (7) husbands do not
the less honour them, as far as that goes, provided true affection still
appear unsullied. (8)

(4) Lit. "many of the states have a law and custom to," etc. Cf. "Pol.
Lac." ii. 4.

(5) Cf. Plat. "Laws," 874 C, "if a man find his wife suffering
violence he may kill the violator and be guiltless in the eye of
the law." Dem. "in Aristocr." 53, {ean tis apokteine en athlois
akon... e epi damarti, k.t.l.... touton eneka me pheugein
kteinanta}.

(6) See Lys. "de caed Eratosth." S. 32 f., {outos, o andres, tous
biazomenous elattonos zemias axious egesato einai e tous
peithontas. ton men gar thanaton kategno, tois de diplen epoiese
ten blaben, egoumenos tous men diaprattomenous bia upo ton
biasthenton miseisthai, tous de peisantas outos aution tas psukhas
diaphtheirein ost' oikeioteras autois poiein tas allotrias