θαυμάζουσι. Cp. Rep. 551 A
ἐπαινοῦσί τε καὶ θαυμάζουσι καὶ εἰς τὰς ἀρχὰς
ἄγουσι: Xen. Symp. IV. 44.
θειότερον...ἔνθεος. Cp. 179 A, 209 B
ad init.; Schol. ad Eur. Hippol. 144
ἔνθεοι λέγονται οἱ ὑπὸ φάσματός τινος ἀφαιρεθέντες
τὸν νοῦν, καὶ ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ φασματοποιοῦ κατεχόμενοι καὶ τὰ
δοκοῦντα ἐκείνῳ ποιοῦντες. See Rohde Psyche II. 19 ff.
Οὕτω δὴ
κτλ. In this epilogue καὶ
πρεσβ. καὶ τιμ. summarize the first part of the speech; καὶ κυριώτατον κτλ., the second part. Cp. Isocr. Hel. 218 D
κάλλους...μετέσχεν ὃ σεμνότατον καὶ τιμιώτατον καὶ
θειότατον τῶν ὄντων ἐστίν.
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