16 τίνα ταύτην, sc. φέρων. --- τὸ πλοῖον : the sacred ship, Thedris,
which was annually sent to Delos in honor of Apollo. Between its
departure and its return the city was kept ceremonially clean, and
there was a consequent reprieve for all criminals who would have
been executed during that interval. The condemnation of Socrates
had happened to coincide with the beginning of this embassy. For
an account of the origin of this annual mission to Delos see Plato,
Phaedo, 58 A. 17 τεθνάναι properly is ‘‘to be dead,” but in nu-
Ierous passages scarcely differs from ἀποθνήσκειν (see 6. 5. Apol.
30 c). 18 ἀλλὰ δοκεῖ μέν, without a corresponding δέ in the fol-
lowing words, and so we find ἀλλὰ μέν in many passages of the best
writers, showing that μέν was in this phrase originally identical
with μήν. 21 τῶν ἀγγέλων is considered spurious by Hirschig and
Cron, and it is true that we cannot translate ‘‘from these mes-
sages,” as ἄγγελος in Attic Greek never denotes a message, but only
a messenger. But Stallb. justly compares Lys. contra Nicom. § 7,
ἐκ τῶν τοιαῦτα λεγόντων, so that it seems hardly necessary to bracket
the words. 23 τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ: a common formula with a verb of
wishing suppressed ; ‘‘may it be with favoring fortune.” G. 188;
H. 608, examples. 28 4 after ὑστεραίᾳ, because this implies the
notion of a comparative (like after in ‘‘the day after”). — ἔλθῃ:
Μ. ἃ T. 61, 3; G. 282, 8.
