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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: "P. X.," but see Grote, "H. G." viii. 245.
[3] Lit. "very capable of speech and action"--the writer's favourite
formula for the well-trained Athenian who can speak fluently and
reason clearly, and act energetically and opportunely.
[4] Reading {kai euphuesteros on} [or {e os}] . . . {apo sukophanton}
[or {sukophantion}], after Cobet, "P. X." s.v. Archedemus. The
MSS. give {kai ephe raston einai}--"nothing is easier," he said,
"than recovering from sycophants."
[5] For this formula cf. "Econ." vi. 24. Cf. Plat. "Statesm." 299 A.
[6] {ede tote}. Cf. Plat. "Laws," vi. 778 C.
[7] Lit. the {kaloi kagathoi}, which like {khrestous} and {ponerous}
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