PHILOSOPHICO - HLSTORICA. 107 



(/.xaXov eJvxi Tvoipx tsuto ffMTy,pixv rs TtoKst •, xx) ro-j^ 

 vccvTiov. iv ^ fisv yxp av a.pxofj.svO(; ^ kx) ctxuaoi 

 v6[jt,og , (p&opixv op5> T^ rotxvT'/) sroiiA,'/iv oixTxv' iv ^ ^s 

 dt,v IsffTTCTiig rccv xpxovrccv , c'i Ss xpxovrs? ^ou?,oi 



rOXl VQ{10XJ , 7Ci)TyipixV , Kx) TTXV^'' 0(TX $£o) 7roXs7tv sds- 



ffxv aiyxdx yiyvdfisvx xxdopc^i" (i). Quamquam 

 autem Plato hoc loco attendic maxime magistratus 

 in civitate eosque ^ovXav nomine, lcgis ratione 

 habita, appellavit, ceteros tamen cives aeque lc- 

 gum servos esse voluic. Patet hoc satis superque 

 cum ex politicis aliisque philusophi openbus , tum 

 yero e Critone dialogo. Disseric ibi ^iocrates cum , 

 suo familiari disputarque, utrum liceat sibi e cus- 

 todia aufugere necne. Quo autem rem dilucidius 

 exponat , ipsas civitatis leges loquentes inducit , 

 quae se fugam parantem ita alloquantur: «Elxi 



liOl , « 'LuXpXTSq , t/ SV l/CJ £%f /? TTOlsh ', X^?.0 Tt Jj 



TOWTijj TV 'ip7V •> V iT^tX^ipsTg , hxvosJ roug rs vofioug 

 yifixg xTroKs(Txi xx) ^uf^TrxJXv Ty,v %oKlv ro aov [/,spoq ; 

 VI 'hoKsl 70t clov rs sTi ixsivyjv rviv tto^jv sJvxi zxi fi?A 

 a'jXTsrpx(pdxt, iv ^ xv xi ysvofJLSVxt oixxi fr/;l'sv 

 hxucijffiv, xKK' utto l^BicjTccv x'/.upoi rs yiyvojvrxt 'Axt 

 ^txcpSsipcc',/rxi*' (2); Pariter hac de re egic Plato in 

 Epistola , quam Dionis familiaribus scripsisse fer- 

 tur. „ Nc/vcc; ," ait , ^^^iirsiovi y.-jpiog iysvsro (3x71- 

 Xsug rav d,v&pu7rcav, x?,?? oux xi/Spctnrot rupxvvoi vopiuv.^^ 



II- 



(1) Plato de Legg. Lib. IV, p. 7i5. C. D. Cff. yii. A. 

 Lib. IX. p. 856. B. ; Arisl. Polinc. Lib. IV. c. 4. §.-j. 



(2) Plat. Crit. p. 60. B. Cf. Aescli. Orat. iii Timarch, 

 p. 25. 



