ὧ μακάριε.
“Gutmuthig-ironisch” (Rettig): cp. 219
A.
πείθει...εἶπεν; “H. e.
πείθει σέ τι τούτων ἃ Σ. ἄρτι εἶπεν;...h.
e. noli quidquam eorum credere quae modo dixit S.” (Stallb.). A. is alluding
to 213 C—D (ἀπ᾽
ἐκείνου γὰρ τοῦ χρόνου κτλ.).
οὐκ ἀφέξεται
κτλ. “Satis lepide iisdem fere verbis hic
utitur Alcib. quae Socr. l. l. exhibuit” (Hommel); A. is turning the tables
on S.
Μὰ τὸν Ποσειδῶ. This form of oath is
rare in Plato, see Schanz nov. comm. Plat. p. 23. The main
reason why A. chooses Poseidon to swear by is, no doubt, because P. was the special
deity of the ancient aristocracy of Athens (see R. A. Neile's ed. of Ar.
Knights, p. 83); but A. may also be punning on πόσις, as if Ποσειδών meant
“drink-giver,” and invoking a “deus madidus”
as appropriate to his own “madid” condition. Cp. Euthyd. 301 E, 303 A.
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