Class Notes (September 15)
Euthyphro2a1-3a5

Problem: with what does diafyerontow agree?

(See Hare on page 3, note to c6.)

A. ka kinduneei sofw tiw

enai, ka tn mn mayan katidn w diafyerontow tow

likitaw ato, rxetai kathgorsvn mou sper prw

mhtra prw tn plin.

B. ka kinduneei sofw tiw

enai, ka tn mn mayan katidn, w diafyerontow tow

likitaw ato rxetai kathgorsvn mou sper prw

mhtra prw tn plin.

A. appositional genitive after mn implying mou: ...and scorning my ignorance on the grounds that I corrupt his agemates, he comes to accuse me...

B. agreement with mou in c7: ...and scorning my ignorance, he comes to accuse me on the grounds that I corrupt his agemates

Problem: what use of the genitive is represented by tn politikn and is the genitive masculine plural or neuter plural?

(See Hare on page 3, note to c8.)

ka faneta moi tn politikn mnow rxesyai ryw:

A. it is masculine with mnow (partitive genitive): alone of all the citizens, he seems to me to be beginning rightly

B. it is neuter with rxesyai (genitive after a verb): he seems to me to be the only man who is beginning his political career rightly