nein par'
etero, ta de krea apotithenai alsi pasas, k.t.l.}, "then when he
has been sacrificing to the gods, he will put away the salted
remains, and will himself dine out" (Jebb).

Or let a sick man be attended with a like solicitude by both. It is
plain, the kind attentions of the mighty potentate (9) arouse in the
patient's heart immense delight. (10)

(9) "Their mightinesses," or as we might say, "their serene
highnesses." Cf. Thuc. ii. 65.

(10) "The greatest jubilance."

Or say, they are the givers of two gifts which shall be like in all
respects. It is plain enough in this case also that "the gracious
favour" of his royal highness, even if halved, would more than
counterbalance the whole value of the commoner's "donation." (11)

(11) Or, "half the great man's 'bounty' more than outweighs the small
man's present." For {dorema} cf. Aristot. "N. E." I. ix. 2,
"happiness... a free gift of God to men."

Nay, as it seems to me, an honour from the gods, a grace divine, is shed
about the path of him the hero-ruler. (12) Not only does command itself
ennoble manhood, but we gaze on him with other eyes and find the fair
within him yet more fair who is to-day a prince and was but yesterday a
private citizen. (13) Again, it is a prouder satisfaction doubtless
to hold debate with those who are preferred to us in honour than with
people on an equal footing with ourselves.

(12) Lit. "attends the footsteps of the princely ruler." Cf. "Cyrop."
II. i. 23, Plat. "Laws," 667 B, for a similar metaphorical use of
the word.

(13) {to arkhein}, "his princely power makes him more noble as a man,
and we behold him fairer exercising rule than when he functioned
as a common citizen." Reading {kallio}, or if {edion}, transl. "we
feast our eyes more greedily upon him."

Why, the minion (with regard to whom you had the gravest fault to find
with tyranny), the favourite of a ruler, is least apt to quarrel (14)
with gray hairs: the very blemishes of one who is a prince soon cease to
be discounted in their intercourse. (15)

(14) Lit. "feels least disgust at age"; i.e. his patron's years and
wrinkles.

(15) Cf. Plat. "Phaedr." 231 B.

The fact is, to have reached the zenith of distinction in itself lends
ornament, (16) nay, a lustre effacing what is harsh and featureless and
rude, and making true beauty yet more splendid.

(16) Or, "The mere prestige of highest worship helps