12. τῷ ἀφικομένῳ τούτῳ ξένῳ. Heindorf's suggestion τῷ
ἀφικομένῳ τούτῳ τῷ ξένῳ would convey a somewhat different
meaning, viz. ‘this arrival, the foreigner’. The presence of
ἀφικομένῳ renders the article after τούτῳ unnecessary: cf. below,
337Eτὸ ἀκριβὲς τοῦτο εἶδος. There is some contempt in τούτῳ=
isti (see note on Apol. 45A), and much scorn in τὴν σὴν ψυχήν,
repeated slowly at the end of the clause.
13. ὄρθριος: the MSS. have ὄρθριον by mistake. The
adjectival construction of this word is found in Laws, XII.
961B δεῖν δὲ ὄρθριον εἶναι τὸν σύλλογον.
18. γιγνώσκεις. The present is regularly used of being
acquainted with a person, e.g. Phaedo, 60A Ξανθίππην, γιγνώσκεις γάρ; Theaet. 144C ἀλλὰ σκόπει εἰ γιγνώσκεις αὐτόν. γιγνώσκω. In Plato the perfect is generally used of knowing things:
e.g. Apol. 23B ὅστις—ἔγνωκεν ὅτι κτλ., Euthyphr. 2C τοσοῦτον
πρᾶγμα ἐγνωκέναι.
οὔτε διείλεξαι οὐδεπώποτε, sc. αὐτῷ: cf. on 313A l. 8 above.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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