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NOTES. 17942,1. AU>8^Kal— 'this is the very rcaaon why.' rf)sirdXf«#s—in preference to twv dydpup, (1) to encourage his listeners (2)because the clearest proof of the greatness of the Athenianawas the greatness of Athens herself. vtp\ lo-ov—' for anequal prize.' Kr. quotes Dem, 8, 60 oix vfip rCi* tcuv ifuy reKal Toh dXXoti fs—this, like M'J^fv, softens the expression andmakes it vaguer. It also increases the force of the exhortationKafweiv xnrip rrft x6\ewj, by increasing the number of stateswith which Athens is contrasted. ^' ol$—for toituv i^oli. Cf. c. 84, 6. (Tif^uCois—approaches very near thesense of Tapadeiy/iaai : the manifest proofs are the acta inwhich the fallen had a share.42, 2. Kal—' and in fact.' tyLvn^ra—originally of poetiepraise, then of a panegj-ric in prose. Plat. Repuh. 364 a.at TMvSc K.T.\.—sc. Tavra, their deedx justify my tcordt ; for' they added fresh lustre to the glories which I praised in ourcity': therefore, in speaking the praises of the city, I waspraising them. The sense is ret ttJj x6\ewt A i!fwr]aa, raiTaiKeivoi (Kdfffiriaav rats dperali. L. and S. wrongly supply rript6\ip, with several edd., to iKba(jLr)cav. dprral—' valiamtdeeds.' oOk &v—the whole result of this sentence is positive,but the idiom by which the verb after ot'-x Sxrirep agreeswith the thing in the simile and not the thing compared, hasnothing to do with this passage. (Plat. Goi-g. 522 a aropeirroie'i, oux uxT-rep iyCj rivuixoiv vfiSii.) iroXXots—ethic dat. , andequivalent here to roWQy, but preferred because of the gen. following.'There are few Greeks of whom it could be said thatthe report of their deeds does not do more than balance thereality. ' twv8— = tQv tpywvT^ d\ri$€iq. c. 41, 4. dvSpbs Aper#|v— 'virtue in a man.'xpwTTj T€ K.T.X.— = etre xptlmi fnjvvei dre rtXevraia ^(^aioi. Forsome, especially the younger men, their death was the firstlajpvTjjs of the worth which they had not had a previouschance of showing ; for others it was but the final confirmationof what had been amply proved before. Karcurrpo^VjSoph. 0. C. 103 : meiosis for death.