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| Page | Line | Correction |
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| 185 | 16 | Instead of “for the great esteem in which he was held by,” read “who had been granted great favours by”. |
| 187 | 14-15 | Instead of “for I do not know myself, not to mention the fact,” read “seeming, that is, not to know myself and not to know”. |
| 191 | 8 | Instead of “requiring elaborate preparation,” read “not undeserving of serious study.” |
| 191 | 9-10 | Instead of “like an attendant on dancing-girls, would throw a light somersault,” read “like one employed by dancing-girls, would be tossed lightly aloft,”. |
| 191 | 10 | Instead of “a javelin,” read “an arrow”. |
| 191 | 17-22 | Instead of “And another would shoot through a sling and aim at a hair or would shoot at his own son, and pick out his figure with the missiles as he stood erect against a hoarding. Such are their forms of entertainment in their banquets,” read “Shooting through a ring too, or hitting a hair with an arrow, or for a man to mark the outline of his own son with arrows, as he stands in front of a board, keeps them occupied at their banquets,”. |
| 191 | 23 | Instead of “drunk,” read “drinking.” |
| 191 | 27-28 | Instead of “who was eating beside the king from the same dishes,” read “who ate with the king, since they agreed in diet,”. |
| 193 | 5-9 | Instead of “Our ancestors used to ask questions of mariners who sailed to their coast, to see whether they were pirates, so widespread did they consider that calling to be in spite of its cruelty;” read “In old days they would ask men who arrived by sea whether they were pirates, so common did they consider that way of living, hard though it is; ”. |
| 197 | 16-18 | Instead of “That then we rely thus on the evidence of teachers, and put their philosophical aptitude to a test,” read “Well then, that we study philosophy under direction of teachers, and that admission to philosophy is by examination among us,”. |
| 199 | 3-4 | Instead of “and held the State together,” read “and took control of the State.” |