94 ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS.
and for this there was little opportunity because the Cretans were
isolated from the world.- '3.^06 yhp du+aArjr^6 ravhv.
The expression is not quite accurate, for the caprice of an
individual cannot be called a KOV&V. He means that to make the
caprice of man a rule is unsafe.
- scivrov Si +auho'rmov si) 6s ~WOUJL~~ rfv Guvusfv, fiv K~~LUT~;CIL
The words +V Ka61UTiiUL ~OAX~KLS which follow and the preceding
i~pdhho~~~ uuurLwcs stvis show that the expression sb T;/S 6~0trpi'ai.
~fv 6uuartjv means not the insubordination of the notables, but the
temporary abrogation of the office of Cosmi by their violence, or,
possibly, their defiance of its authority.I~oXALK~S &av prj airas ~O;~WK(IL 80tivac.10, 15, ZUTL^8 dlrtKiV8UVOf OlhOS ZXOUUa VdhlS T;U ~OUhOpbOW ~5TLT~6fLT6UL KO;
8"vnp;VoY.
Translated in the English text : 'A city is in a dangerous con-
dition, when those who are ding are also able to attack her.'
More correctly, ' A city which may at any time fall into anarchy
(OCTWE ZXOUUU) is in a dangerous condition when those who are
willing are also able to attack her.'
10, 16, Ad KO; rb rfv sfploirov p;vc~.
'And this is also a reason why the condition of the Perioeci
remains unchanged.'
- O~TS yhp C'&WTC~LK+ dpx+ KOLUWO~UL.
Either I*) have no foreign domains; or 2) have no relation to
any foreign power. The language is not quite clear or accurale ;
for although a nation may possess foreign dominions it cannot
'share' in them. The Cretans were not members either of the
Delian or of the Lacedaemonian confederacy,
- O~TS yhp C'&WTC~LK+ dpx+ KOLUWO~UL.
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The date of this event is said to be B. c. 343 when Phalaecus,
the Phocian leader, accompanied by his mercenaries, crossed into
Crete and took service with the inhabitants of Cnossus against
those of Lyctus over whom he gained a victory, but shortly after-
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