ts of brothers"; lit. "been slain
with mutually-murderous hand." Cf. Pind. Fr. 137; Aesch. "Sept. c.
Theb." 931; "Ag." 1575, concerning Eteocles and Polynices.

(12) See Grote, "H. G." xi. 288, xii. 6; "Hell." VI. iv. 36; Isocr.
"On the Peace," 182; Plut. "Dem. Pol." iii. (Clough, v. p. 98);
Tac. "Hist." v. 8, about the family feuds of the kings of Judaea.

(13) "It was his own familiar friend who dealt the blow, the nearest
and dearest to his heart."

How can you suppose, then, that being so hated by those whom nature
predisposes and law compels to love him, the tyrant should be loved by
any living soul beside?

IV

Again, without some moiety of faith and trust, (1) how can a man not
feel to be defrauded of a mighty blessing? One may well ask: What
fellowship, what converse, what society would be agreeable without
confidence? What intercourse between man and wife be sweet apart
from trustfulness? How should the "faithful esquire" whose faith is
mistrusted still be lief and dear? (2)

(1) "How can he, whose faith's discredited, the moral bankrupt..."

(2) Or, "the trusty knight and serving-man." Cf. "Morte d'Arthur,"
xxi. 5, King Arthur and Sir Bedivere.

Well, then, of this frank confidence in others the tyrant has the
scantiest share. (3) Seeing his life is such, he cannot even trust
his meats and drinks, but he must bid his serving-men before the feast
begins, or ever the libation to the gods is poured, (4) to taste the
viands, out of sheer mistrust there may be mischief lurking in the cup
or platter. (5)

(3) Or, "from this... is almost absolutely debarred."

(4) "Or ever grace is said."

(5) Cf. "Cyrop." I. iii. 4.

Once more, the rest of mankind find in their fatherland a treasure worth
all else beside. The citizens form their own body-guard (6) without pay
or service-money against slaves and against evil-doers. It is theirs
to see that none of themselves, no citizen, shall perish by a violent
death. And they have advanced so far along the path of guardianship (7)
that in many cases they have framed a law to the effect that "not the
associate even of one who is blood-guilty shall be accounted pure." So
that, by reason of their fatherland, (8) each several citizen can live
at quiet and secure.

(6) "Are their own 'satellites,' spear-bearers." Cf. Thuc. i. 130;
Herod. ii. 168; vii. 127.

(7) "Pushed so far the principle of mutual self-aid."

(8) "Thanks t