27. εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλοις—πάντα ἀπόλλυσιν. Heindorf suggests εἰ
δ᾽ ἐθέλεις—the indicative being generally used in this phrase,
e.g. Alcib. I, 122B εἰ δ᾽ αὖ ἐθέλεις εἰς πλούτους ἀποβλέψαι κτλ.,
αἰσχυνθείης ἂν ἐπὶ σαυτῷ—but Goodwin, M.T. p. 188, § 500,
quotes a precisely similar example from Thuc. II. 39. 5 καίτοι εἰ
π̔αθυμίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ ρόνων μελέτῃ—ἐθέλοιμεν κινδυνεύειν, ρεπιγίγνεται
ἡμῖν κτλ. In both examples the present in the apodosis contains
a reference to the future.
29. φυτοῖς—πάγκακον. Theophr. Hist. Plant. IV. 16. 5
πολέμιον γὰρ δὴ καὶ τοῦτο (sc. τὸ ἔλαιον) πᾶσι: καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπιχέουσι
τοῖς ὑρολείμμασι τῶν π̔ιζῶν: ἰσχύει δὲ μᾶλλον τὸ ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς νέοις
καὶ ἄρτι φυομένοις: ἀσθενέστερα γάρ κτλ.
ταῖς θριξὶν—ἀνθρώπου. Arist. περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως V. 5. 785a.
30 ff. says that a mixture of oil and water is a remedy against
grey hairs.
33. ἐνταῦθα, i.e. ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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