Note 479 — Chapter XIV

εἰκὸς δὲ ἀναγκασθῆναι ἀληθῶς γαμεῖν. The subject of the verb ἀναγκασθῆναι is the infinitive γαμεῖν, as in the previous passage ἡγοῦμαι ὑπὸ φύσεως ἀναγκασθῆναι γαμεῖν. On the passive form ἀναγκασθῆναι, see e.g. Plato, “Phæd.,” 242a, 254a.