y of
losing in the tone of my acquaintances?" (8)

(2) Archedemus, possibly the demagogue, "Hell." I. vii. 2. So Cobet,
"P. X.," but see Grote, "H. G." viii. 245.

(3) Lit. "very capable of speech and action"--the writer's favourite
formula for the well-trained Athenian who can speak fluently and
reason clearly, and act energetically and opportunely.

(4) Reading {kai euphuesteros on} (or {e os})... {apo sukophanton}
(or {sukophantion}), after Cobet, "P. X." s.v. Archedemus. The
MSS. give {kai ephe raston einai}--"nothing is easier," he said,
"than recovering from sycophants."

(5) For this formula cf. "Econ." vi. 24. Cf. Plat. "Statesm." 299 A.

(6) {ede tote}. Cf. Plat. "Laws," vi. 778 C.

(7) Lit. the {kaloi kagathoi}, which like {khrestous} and {ponerous}
has a political as well as an ethical meaning.

(8) Lit. "must associate with these (the {ponerois}) instead of those
(the {kalois te kagathois}).

The net result of the whole proceedings was that Archedemus was now
Crito's right hand, (9) and by the rest of Crito's friends he was held
in honour.

(9) He was No. 1--{eis}.

X

Again I may cite, as known to myself, (1) the following discussion; the
arguments were addressed to Diodorus, one of his companions. The master
said:

(1) Or, "for which I can personally vouch."

Tell me, Diodorus, if one of your slaves runs away, are you at pains to
recover him?

More than that (Diodorus answered), I summon others to my aid and I have
a reward cried for his recovery.

Soc. Well, if one of your domestics is sick, do you tend him and call in
the doctors to save his life?

Diod. Decidedly I do.

Soc. And if an intimate acquaintance who is far more precious to you
than any of your household slaves is about to perish of want, you would
think it incumbent on you to take pains to save his life? Well! now you
know without my telling you that Hermogenes (2) is not made of wood or
stone. If you helped him he would be ashamed not to pay you in kind.
And yet--the opportunity of possessing a willing, kindly, and trusty
assistant well fitted to do your bidding, and not merely that, but
capable of originating useful ideas himself, with a certain forecast
of mind and judgment--I say such a man is worth dozens of slaves. Good
economists tell us that when a precious article may be got at a low
price we ought to buy. And nowadays when times are so bad it is possible
to get goo