Note 20 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
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Dinomaches: The mother of Alcibiades came of the great house of the Alcmaeonidae, and it was to her that he owed his connection with Pericles. The Gen. without filius (G., 360, R. 3; A., 50, 1, b) is rare in the predicate.—candidus = pulcher. Comp. 3, 110. The beauty of Alcibiades is well known, Plat., l.c. p. 104A.—esto: εἶεν; an ironical concession.