4
Od. xx. 17, quoted supra, III. 390 D.
5
Reading προστατήσετον with Bekker; or, if the reading προστήσετον, which is found in the MSS., be adopted, then the nominative must be supplied from the previous sentence: ‘Music and gymnastic will place in authority over …’ This is very awkward, and the awkwardness is increased by the necessity of changing the subject at τηρήσετον.
BOOK V.
1
Reading ἔτι ἐγὼ εἶπον.
2
Or inserting καὶ before νομίμων: ‘a deceiver about beauty or goodness or principles of justice or law.’
3
Reading ὥστε εὖ με παραμυθεῖ.