[Footnote 54: See Plat. "Phaed." 89 B, where a similar action is
attributed to Socrates in the case of Phaedo (his beloved disciple). "He
stroked my head and pressed the hair upon my neck--he had a way of
playing with my air; and then he said: 'To-morrow, Phaedo, I suppose
that these fair locks of yours will be severed.'"]
[Footnote 55: Son of Anthemion. See Plat. "Men." 90 B, {airountai goun
auton epi tas megistas arkhas}, Plut. "Alc." 4; id. "Coriol." 14;
Aristot. "Ath. Pol." 27, 25, re {to dekazein}; 34, 23. A moderate
oligarch; cf. Xen. "Hell." II. iii. 42, 44; Schol. Cod. Clarkiani ad
Plat. "Apol." 18 B ap. L. Dind. ad loc.; cf. Diod. xiii. 64.]
[Footnote 56: Cf. Plat. "Apol." 23 E.]
[Footnote 57: e.g. Patroclus dying predicts the death of Hector who had
slain him, "Il." xvi. 851 foll.; and Hector that of Achilles, "Il."
xxii. 358 foll. Cf. Cic. "de Div." 1, 30. Plato, "Apol." 39 C, making
Socrates thus address his judges: {to de de meta touto epithumo umin
khresmodesai, o katapsephisamenoi mou' kai gar eimi ede entautha, en o
malist' anthropoi khresmodousin, otan mellosin apothaneisthai}. "And
now, O men who have condemned me, I would fain prophesy to you, for I am
about to die, and that is the hour at which all men are gifted with
prophetic power" (Jowett).]
[Footnote 58: Lit. "dear to the gods"; "highly favoured."]
[Footnote 59: Cf. Hom. "Od." xii. 341, {pantes men stugeroi thanatoi
deiloisi brotoisin}.]
[Footnote 60: {prosantes}, i.e. "he faced death boldly as he had
encountered life's blessings blandly." "As he had been no stoic to
repudiate life's blessings, so he was no coward to," etc.]
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