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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 4

Note 11 — Chapter XXXIX · LEGES AND EPINOMIS.

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Lobeck, Aglaophamus, p. 623. “Superest fabula (Euripidis), Bacchæ, dithyrambi quam tragœdiæ similior, totaque ita comparata, ut contra illius temporis Rationalistas scripta videatur; qua et Bacchicarum religionum sanctimonia commendatur … et rerum divinarum disceptatio ab eruditorum judiciis ad populi transfertur suffragia:—

σοφὰν δ’ ἄπεχε πραπίδα φρένα τε περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν· τὸ πλῆθος ὅ, τι τὸ φαυλότερον ἐνόμισε χρῆταί τε, τόδε τοι λεγοίμαν. [λέγοιμ’ ἄν, Matthiæ] (427).

Compare vv. 200-203 of the same drama.

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