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13. περὶ μὲν ᾀσμάτων—ἐάσωμεν. Heindorf quotes Alc. I,
113D ἐάσαντες οὖν περὶ αὐτῶν σκοποῦσιν ὁπότερα συνοίσει
πράξασιν.
16. καὶ γὰρ δοκεῖ μοι κτλ. This passage (from τὸ περὶ
ποιήσεως down to κἂν πάνυ πολὺν οἶνον πίωσιν) is quoted by
Athenaeus, 111. 51. It is doubtful whether Plato is here animadverting on Xenophon's Symposium, in which (2. 1 and 9. 3 ff)
both a flute-girl and a dancing-girl appear: the words τοῖς
συμποσίοις τοῖς τῶν φαύλων καὶ ἀγοραίων ἀνθρώπων would contain
a very pretty hit at Xenophon, if the evidence for the allusion
were more complete. There is a similar passage in the Symposium of Plato (176E) εἰσηγοῦμαι τὴν μὲν ἄρτι εἰσελθοῦσαν αὐλητρίδα χαίρειν ἐᾶν, αὐλοῦσαν ἑαυτῇ ἢ ἂν βούληται ταῖς γυναιξὶ ταῖς
ἔνδον: this passage Athenaeus (XI. 112) cites in support of his
theory of a literary rivalry between Plato and Xenophon.
18. ἀγοραίων: like the Latin circumforanei, ‘ἀγοραῖος, vel ut
critici veteres volunt, ἀγόραιος, est ὁ ἐν ἀγορᾷ τεθραμμένος, s. qui
totos dies forum conterit, quem ἀγορᾶς περίτριμμα Comicus
appellat, vilis et ex ima plebe homo, Aristoph. Eqq. 181 ὁτιὴ
πονηρὸς κἀξ ἀγορᾶς εἶ καὶ θρασύς: 214 τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα σοι πρόσεστι
δημαγωγικά, φωνὴ μιαρά, γέγονας κακῶς, ἀγόραιος εἶ’ (Heindorf).
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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