POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

0-14 A EZS TO TL E’S POL ZTZCS.

found in all the hISS. and in point of Greek is unobjectiona&;

cp. mpi qvxijr ii. 1, 412 b. 25. $ 11, ?mi Gi 06 rb d~o+ph~~&, iV

\i.Llxiv 72) Gvudpfl cv &urc fill, dhhh rl Zpu.

Q. 9. $@ri ovrfs roir rag 6ncpoXjv vdpo~r.

Sc. I 06s rbndpour 4 rb 7ihijSor. ‘ SO that when they destroy eitiier

party by laws *carried to excess [or possibly ‘by laws based r,n

superior power ’3 they destroy the state.’

9. I I. liiyimov 62 lrdvrov ,.. rb ?;ai6f&u@or xp& rho ?rohirc$r.
   Cp. Rep. iv. 423 E, rairra... 7rdura +airha, ihu rh hfydpfvov iv
   pCya +vhci~~our, pihhov 6’ dvri pfydhov kaudv. ri rob; F$q, Tijv
   vaiBdav, $v 6’ iyi, KLI~ rpo@{v.


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    11. virv piv y&p IU duiais
        fiovhc;uw 0” ri ;Iv Zxo KLIK~V.’
    
    
    
    

ipu;ovui ‘~ni r+ 6ljpy KLIK~VOVE FUO~QL Kni

The habit of taking a formal oath of hostility may be illustrated

by an Inscription containing an agreement between certain Cre:an

cities :-

+V;O... e& &~~LIS mi T~S, pi phv iyW TOKLI rois .~urrh;

KdGS $pOV?Uf;V p$T€ TiXU(4 p{TE pLIXQU? p{Tf ;U UUKri p{T€ Tfs’ dpipflv Kd

umuuio 0“ ri ~a 6;unpnr K~K& TC dhfi r@ rSv Aurr~ov.

p. 106.

The inscription is given in Vischer’s Kleine Schriften, vol. ii.

9, I I. xp$^62 rai 6lroXapi?dwiv rai SsroKplvccrBat ro6vauriov.
‘To have the notion and act the part of one who does no
wrong,’ not necessarily implying a mere profession or simulation,
as c. 11. $ 19 infra, dhXh roirrc piv &mop ;xiafulv Bri pi‘mu, TA 6’
WXa rh piv rroisiu rh 6i Gorriv 6noKpivdprvou rhv pnuihirbv K~XSS.

Q. 13. viv 6’ c‘v p2v ra;r dhiyapxinis oE TSV dpxdurov viol T~U+$ULV K.T.~.
Cp. Plat. Rep. viii. 556 D, Grau iuxvi)s hjp ?;i‘qs, tjhiwp;uor: l;apfl.
ra~8sir iv pix? AXOVU;~ C)UI*LQT~PO+~K~T~, liohhhs ~xovri +KUS dhho~p;ai.
a”uBpar6s TE Kai dnopIas pcurdu K.T.~.

Q. 15. ‘fiS 8 xp$[ou.’
Probably c‘orr’ is to be supplied. The words do not agree vi1h
any knoan passage of Euripides.