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52. τοῦ βίου—δι᾽ Ἐπιμηθέα. βίου is ‘means of living’ as in
l. 43. The words δι᾽ Ἐπιμηθέα mean ‘thanks to Epimetheus’:
cf. Ar. Clouds, 12-14 ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δύναμαι δείλαιος εὕδειν δακνόμενος
ὑπὸ τῆς δαπάνης καὶ τῆς φάτνης καὶ τῶν χρεῶν, διὰ τουτονὶ τὸν υἱόν,
and in Rep. I. 354A οὐ μέντοι καλῶς γε εἱστίαμαι, δι᾽ ἐμαυτόν,
ἀλλ᾽ οὐ διὰ σέ. The words are rejected by Schanz (after Sauppe),
but without reason: the jingle (Προ-μηθέα δὲ δι᾽ Ἐπι-μηθέα) is
quite in Protagoras' style.
53. ᾗπερ λέγεται. Aeschylus relates the punishment but not
the trial: cf. Prom. 7-9 τὸ σὸν γὰρ ἄνθος, παντέχνου πυρὸς σέλας,
θνητοῖσι κλέψας ὤπασεν: τοιᾶσδέτοι ἁμαρτίας σφε δεῖθεοῖς δοῦναι δίκην.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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