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suidas_n that_o it_o be_v suidas_n do_v not_o mention_v it_o though_o he_o name_v other_o play_n of_o he_o he_o say_v of_o thespis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o alcestis_n be_v act_v than_o he_o have_v not_o a_o word_n the_o marm._n arund_n be_v so_o defective_a that_o little_a or_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v of_o it_o part_v of_o the_o name_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v alcestis_n be_v want_v and_o likewise_o part_v of_o the_o archon_n name_n yea_o part_n of_o the_o number_n that_o shall_v denote_v the_o year_n so_o that_o it_o be_v only_o by_o uncertain_a conjecture_n that_o some_o make_v the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n to_o be_v 272_o or_o 273_o the_o archon_n to_o be_v alcaeus_n and_o the_o play_n alcestis_n and_o whereas_o the_o marm._n arund_n speak_v of_o aâ—_n he-goat_n be_v propose_v eusebius_n refer_v that_o to_o olymp._n 47._o
word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o of_o phaedrus_n be_v dead_a but_o athenaeus_n meaning_n may_v be_v that_o he_o be_v not_o bear_v in_o the_o time_n of_o socrates_n or_o at_o least_o too_o young_a to_o discourse_n with_o he_o in_o such_o sort_n i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n that_o macrobius_n saturnal_a l._n 1._o c._n 1._o transcribe_v some_o of_o those_o instance_n which_o athenaeus_n do_v but_o be_v not_o severe_a upon_o plato_n as_o athenaeus_n be_v socrate_n ita_fw-la parmenides_n antiquior_fw-la ut_fw-la huius_fw-la pueritia_fw-la vix_fw-la illius_fw-la apprehenderit_fw-la senectutem_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la arduis_fw-la disputatur_fw-la paralus_n vero_fw-la &_o xanthippus_n quibus_fw-la pericles_n pater_fw-la fuit_fw-la cum_fw-la protagora_n apud_fw-la platonem_fw-la disserunt_fw-la secundo_fw-la adventu_fw-la athenis_fw-la morante_fw-la quos_fw-la multo_fw-la ante_fw-la infamis_fw-la illa_fw-la pestilentia_fw-la athenis_fw-la absumpserat_fw-la thus_o macrobius_n they_o that_o please_v may_v see_v what_o aristides_n platonica_fw-la 2_o da_n have_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n among_o the_o rest_n that_o write_v elegy_n and_o encomium_n on_o gryllus_n the_o son_n of_o xenophon_n hermippus_n say_v socrates_n be_v one_o laert._n in_o xenophon_n which_o be_v a_o blunder_n of_o no_o less_o than_o thirty_o seven_o year_n the_o interval_n between_o socrates_n death_n and_o the_o battle_n of_o mantinaea_n socrates_n be_v put_v to_o death_n olymp._n 95._o 1._o when_o laches_n be_v magistrate_n this_o be_v universal_o acknowledge_v see_v diodorus_n favorinus_n diog._n laert._n aristides_n marmor_fw-la arund_n euseb._n argument_n isocrat_n busir_n etc._n etc._n dissert_n p._n 99_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o it_o be_v universal_o acknowledge_v that_o socrates_n die_v olymp._n 95._o 1._o suidas_n say_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v olymp._n 77._o and_o live_v 80_o year_n according_a to_o which_o account_n he_o die_v olymp._n 97._o the_o chronicon_fw-la alexand._n make_v he_o to_o have_v die_v olymp._n 104._o 1._o about_o which_o time_n the_o battle_n of_o mantinaea_n be_v according_a to_o the_o doctor_n even_o some_o of_o these_o who_o the_o doctor_n here_o allege_v for_o his_o be_v put_v to_o death_n olymp._n 95._o 1._o do_v not_o acknowledge_v it_o eusebius_n in_o edit_n paris_n and_o basil._n with_o pontacus_n set_v his_o death_n olymp._n 95._o 3._o in_o scaliger_n edition_n olymp._n 95._o 2._o the_o marmor_fw-la arund_n if_o mr._n selden_n compute_v right_a set_v it_o olymp._n 94._o 4._o in_o argument_n busir_n ap_fw-mi isocrat_n it_o be_v only_o say_v that_o socrates_n die_v laches_n be_v archon_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o olymp._n 95._o 1._o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o aristides_n there_o be_v then_o only_o two_o of_o all_o these_o who_o the_o doctor_n name_n that_o say_v plain_o that_o he_o die_v olymp._n 95._o 1._o as_o to_o hermippus_n he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o socrates_n write_v a_o encomium_n of_o gryllus_n be_v dead_a he_o only_o say_v in_o general_a that_o he_o write_v a_o encomium_n of_o he_o which_o he_o may_v do_v while_n gryllus_n be_v live_v we_o have_v it_o from_o good_a hand_n diog._n laert._n in_o socrate_n argum._n isocrat_n busir_n that_o euripides_n in_o a_o play_n of_o he_o call_v palamedes_n use_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n design_v to_o lash_v the_o athenian_n for_o socrates_n murder_n and_o the_o whole_a theatre_n perceive_v it_o burst_v into_o tear_n socrates_n therefore_o die_v before_o euripides_n but_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o late_a die_v six_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n dissert_n p._n 100_o the_o doctor_n may_v well_o infer_v from_o that_o which_o diogenes_n laert._n affirm_v touch_v euripides_n lash_v the_o athenian_n for_o the_o murder_n of_o socrates_n that_o if_o he_o real_o do_v so_o socrates_n be_v murder_v before_o the_o death_n of_o euripides_n and_o yet_o philochorus_n in_o the_o same_o diogenes_n laertius_n say_v the_o quite_o contrary_a that_o euripides_n die_v before_o socrates_n must_v we_o not_o then_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a constat_fw-la whither_o of_o they_o die_v soon_o but_o the_o doctor_n say_v that_o euripides_n die_v six_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n and_o so_o six_o year_n before_o socrates_n who_o die_v in_o the_o time_n of_o laches_n magistracy_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v first_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o time_n of_o socrates_n death_n have_v be_v already_o manifest_v second_o it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o euripides_n die_v six_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n if_o laches_n be_v archon_n olymp._n 95._o 1._o as_o the_o doctor_n make_v he_o to_o have_v be_v according_a to_o eusebius_n euripides_n die_v above_o six_o year_n before_o his_o magistracy_n for_o he_o set_v his_o death_n olymp._n 92._o 4._o and_o the_o marmor_fw-la arund_n according_a to_o mr._n selden_n computation_n agree_v with_o eusebius_n but_o the_o chronicon_fw-la alex._n differ_v from_o they_o both_o place_v euripides_n death_n olymp._n 94._o 3._o not_o 6_o but_o only_a two_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n suppose_v that_o to_o have_v be_v olymp._n 95._o 1._o diodorus_n sic._n l._n 13._o saying_n that_o apollodorus_n set_v the_o death_n of_o euripides_n olymp._n 93._o 3._o six_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n and_o withal_o that_o other_o make_v he_o to_o have_v die_v a_o little_a before_o those_o time_n plain_o bear_v testimony_n to_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n palamedes_n be_v act_v olymp._n 91._o 1._o aelian_a var._n hist._n 2._o 1._o schol._n aristoph_n p._n 401._o which_o be_v sixteen_o year_n before_o laches_n dissert_n p._n 100_o if_o palamedes_n be_v act_v after_o the_o murder_n of_o socrates_n than_o it_o be_v not_o act_v olymp._n 91._o 1._o unless_o we_o will_v say_v that_o socrates_n die_v before_o the_o time_n but_o the_o doctor_n say_v that_o we_o have_v it_o from_o good_a hand_n that_o euripides_n in_o his_o palamedes_n design_v to_o lash_v the_o athenian_n for_o socrates_n be_v murder_n and_o then_o it_o must_v be_v act_v after_o it_o and_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v either_o from_o aelian_a or_o schol._n aristoph_n that_o palamedes_n be_v act_v olymp._n 91._o 1._o aelian_a speak_v of_o palamedes_n not_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o but_o l._n 2._o c._n 8._o and_o as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o its_o be_v act_v his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v and_o the_o latin_a have_v olympiade_n prima_fw-la supra_fw-la octogesimam_fw-la the_o scholiast_n word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o how_o it_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o they_o that_o palamedes_n be_v act_v olymp._n 91._o 1._o i_o know_v not_o so_o that_o until_o it_o can_v be_v make_v to_o appear_v from_o other_o author_n when_o it_o be_v act_v it_o must_v remain_v uncertain_a according_a to_o most_o chronologer_n euripides_n be_v about_o seventy_o and_o by_o the_o most_o favourable_a account_n above_o sixty_o when_o archelaus_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n dissert_n p._n 131._o here_o the_o doctor_n plain_o declare_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o euripides_n age_n when_o archelaus_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n since_o according_a to_o he_o most_o chronologer_n say_v that_o he_o be_v about_o seventy_o but_o other_o only_o that_o he_o be_v above_o sixty_o further_o we_o have_v no_o certainty_n as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o archelaus_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n athenaeus_n l._n 5._o p._n 217._o the_o very_a place_n allege_v by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o margin_n seem_v to_o say_v plain_o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o peloponnesian_a war_n but_o eusebius_n will_v have_v it_o to_o have_v be_v soon_o viz._n at_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o war._n and_o the_o time_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o war_n be_v not_o exact_o agree_v and_o settle_v diodorus_n sic._n l._n 12._o and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refer_v it_o to_o olympiad_n 87._o 2._o but_o eusebius_n to_o olymp._n 87._o 1._o and_o not_o eusebius_n only_o but_o also_o thucydides_n who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o that_o war_n for_o he_o make_v it_o to_o have_v begin_v when_o â—ythodorus_fw-la be_v archon_n now_o he_o be_v archon_n olymp._n 87._o 1._o according_a to_o diodorus_n sic._n l._n 12._o and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pliny_n l._n 30._o c._n 1._o say_v it_o begin_v a_o trecentesimo_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vrbis_fw-la anno_fw-la but_o circa_fw-la annum_fw-la fere_n trecentesimum_fw-la vicesimum_fw-la tertium_fw-la say_v a._n gellius_n l._n 17._o c._n 21._o now_o if_o we_o follow_v either_o eusebius_n or_o athenaeus_n account_n of_o the_o time_n of_o archelaus_n come_v to_o the_o crown_n euripides_n can_v not_o be_v at_o that_o time_n either_o about_o seventy_o or_o above_o sixty_o year_n of_o age._n according_a to_o diog._n laertius_n in_o socrate_n
some_o year_n before_o solon_n death_n dr._n bentley_n i_o dare_v say_v will_v grant_v i_o that_o he_o be_v turn_v out_o in_o or_o rather_o before_o phalaris_n reign_n he_o will_v not_o i_o hope_v deny_v i_o because_o he_o have_v own_a it_o in_o term_n p._n 41._o of_o his_o dissertation_n mr._n boyle_n p._n 167._o whether_o dr._n bentley_n will_v grant_v that_o pisistratus_n seize_v the_o government_n some_o year_n before_o solon_n death_n i_o know_v not_o but_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o they_o who_o be_v move_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o phanias_n ap_fw-mi plut._n vit._n sol._n will_v not_o grant_v it_o for_o he_o say_v express_o that_o the_o interval_n of_o time_n between_o pisistratus_n invade_v the_o government_n and_o the_o death_n of_o solon_n be_v less_o than_o two_o year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o according_a to_o he_o the_o one_o be_v not_o some_o year_n before_o the_o other_o it_o be_v true_a as_o be_v late_o observe_v that_o according_a to_o heraclides_fw-la ap_fw-mi plut._n the_o one_o be_v some_o year_n perhaps_o many_o year_n before_o the_o other_o but_o this_o difference_n between_o heraclide_n and_o phanias_n only_o show_v how_o uncertain_a it_o be_v how_o long_o it_o be_v before_o solon_n death_n that_o pisistratus_n tyranny_n begin_v phanias_n ap_fw-mi plut._n say_v that_o pisistratus_n seize_v the_o government_n when_o comias_n be_v archon_n and_o that_o solon_n die_v when_o his_o immediate_a successor_n hegestratus_n be_v archon_n but_o it_o be_v not_o agree_v in_o what_o year_n either_o of_o they_o be_v archon_n some_o refer_v comias_n archonship_n to_o olymp._n 53._o 3._o other_o to_o olymp._n 50._o 1._o in_o the_o marm._n arund_n it_o be_v refer_v to_o olymp._n 54._o 4._o if_o the_o learned_a man_n who_o have_v take_v pain_n to_o illustrate_v that_o marble_n interpret_v it_o right_o as_o it_o also_o make_v pisistratus_n to_o have_v begin_v his_o tyranny_n then_o but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refer_v the_o government_n of_o the_o pisistratidae_n or_o the_o son_n of_o pisistratus_n to_o olymp._n 50._o 1._o as_o both_o tatianus_n orat._n con_v graecos_n and_o clemens_n alex._n stro._n 1._o say_v that_o the_o time_n of_o their_o government_n be_v about_o the_o 50_o the_o olympiad_n so_o that_o if_o these_o be_v in_o the_o right_n the_o time_n of_o the_o father_n sieze_v the_o government_n must_v be_v set_v much_o high_o for_o justin_n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o say_v that_o pisistratus_n reign_v 33_o year_n with_o who_o agree_v heraclides_fw-la de_fw-la politiis_fw-la and_o also_o aristotle_n de_fw-fr republica_n l._n 5._o c._n 12._o if_o i_o dot_v not_o mistake_v his_o meaning_n when_o he_o say_v that_o in_o thirty_o three_o year_n pisistratus_n reign_v only_o seventeen_o year_n i._n e._n if_o i_o understand_v he_o right_o though_o there_o be_v thirty_o three_o year_n in_o all_o between_o pisistratus_n invade_v the_o tyranny_n and_o his_o death_n yet_o he_o enjoy_v it_o only_o seventeen_o 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