Ὦ φίλτατε
κτλ. Ironical—“Why, my very dear
Sir, it is surely quite obvious that in holding this view about myself and others I
display madness and eccentricity!”
παραπαίω. A ἅπαξ
εἰρημένον in Plato. For the musical metaphor cp. Ophelia's “I
see that sovereign and most noble reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and
harsh.”
Οὐκ ἄξιον...ἐρίζειν. “We
mustn't quarrel.” ἐρίζειν, though here
used jocularly, is properly a strong term, cp. Prot. 337 B
ἀμφισβητεῖν μέν, ἐρίζειν δὲ μή: Rep. 454 A
οὐκ ἐρίζειν, ἀλλὰ διαλέγεσθαι (see Adam ad loc.).
μᾶλλον δ̓. Instead of beginning at once
with the speech of Phaedrus, Apollodorus proceeds to give an account of the
preliminary incidents which led up to the λόγοι. For
the significance of this, see Introd. § II. A.
ἐξ ἀρχῆς...πειράσομαι διηγήσασθαι. The
same formula occurs in Phaedo 59 C,
Euthyd. 272 D,
Epist. vii. 324 B.
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