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20. διέξοδοι means finished narratives or descriptions (cf.
λόγῳ διεξελθών and διεξιέναι in 320C. It is to be noted that so
far we have not got beyond ποίησις ψιλή (i.e. unaccompanied by
music): lyric poetry begins to be studied when the lyre has
been learnt (l. 25).
23. ἕτερα τοιαῦτα: for the phrase see on Apol. 26A. The
accusative (internal) depends on ἐπιμελοῦνται as in 325Cἐπιμελοῦνται πᾶσαν ἐπιμέλειαν and Laws, VII. 812E ἀλλὰ ταῦτα
μὲν ὁ παιδευτὴς ἐπιμελείσθω: the whole phrase is equivalent to
ἑτέραν τοιαύτην σωφροσύνης τε ἐπιμέλειαν ποιοῦνται. Verbs taking
the external object in the genitive or dative are not precluded
from taking the internal object in the accusative.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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