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ting himself to Socrates? Henkel cf. Plat. "Crito," 52 E. See Newman, op. cit. i. 396. (71) Or, "shape to so fine a manhood that..." (72) Reading {en te aute taxei}. Al. {... polei}, transl. "nor indeed in the same city." Cf. "Hell." V. iv. 33, re death of Cleonymus at Leuctra. (73) Lit. "Aidos not Anaideia." See Paus. "Lac." xx. 10; "Attica," xvii. 1; Cic. "de Leg." ii. 11, a reference which I owe to M. Eugene Talbot, "Xen." i. 236. I fancy we should all agree with one another on the point in question, if we thus approached it. Ask yourself to which type of the two must he (74) accord, to whom you would entrust a sum of money, make him the guardian of your children, look to find in him a safe and sure depositary of any favour? (75) For my part, I am certain that the very lover addicted to external beauty would himself far sooner have his precious things entrusted to the keeping of one who has the inward beauty of the soul. (76) (74) He (the master-mistress of my passion). (75) {kharitas} = "kindly offices," beneficia. Cf. "Ages." iv. 4; "Mem." IV. iv. 17. Al. = delicias, "to deposit some darling object." (76) Or, "some one truly lovable in soul and heart." Ah, yes! and you, my friend (he turned to Callias), you have good reason to be thankful to the gods who of their grace inspired you with love for your Autolycus. Covetous of honour, (77) beyond all controversy, must he be, who could endure so many toils and pains to hear his name proclaimed (78) victor in the "pankration." (77) See "Mem." II. iii. 16; "Isocr." 189 C, {ph. kai megalopsukhoi}. (78) i.e. "by the public herald." But what if the thought arose within him: (79) his it is not merely to add lustre to himself and to his father, but that he has ability, through help of manly virtue, to benefit his friends and to exalt his fatherland, by trophies which he will set up against our enemies in war, (80) whereby he will himself become the admired of all observers, nay, a name to be remembered among Hellenes and barbarians. (81) Would he not in that case, think you, make much of (82) one whom he regarded as his bravest fellow-worker, laying at his feet the greatest honours? (79) Cf. Theogn. 947: {patrida kosmeso, liparen polin, out' epi demo trepsas out' adikois andrasi peithomenos}. (80) Who in 421 B.C. were of course the Lacedaemonians and the allies. Autolycus was killed eventually by the Thi
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