In the temple at Delphi, the scene of the discussion, as we see later on, §§ vii. xii.

Reading ἐδόκει with Reiske.

Thucydides, iii. 38.

See the circumstances in Pausanias, iv. 17 and 22.

Reading μάλιστα (for μόλις) with Wyttenbach.

An allusion to the proverb Ὄψε θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά. See Erasmus, "Adagia," p. 1864.

Cf. Plato, "Republic," 472 A.

See Note, "On Abundance of Friends," § ii.

Reading εἰ γὰρ.

Or a world.