27. ἠδίκησεν. See above on 319D
28. τιμωρεῖται. The editors quote Ar. Rhet. A, 10. 1369b. 12
διαφέρει δὲ τιμωρία καὶ κόλασις: ἡ μὲν γὰρ κόλασις τοῦ πάσχοντος
ἕνεκά ἐστιν, ἡ δὲ τιμωρία τοῦ ποιοῦντος, ἵνα ἀποπληρωθῇ. The
distinction is not invariably observed in Plato, although he
generally uses τιμωρεῖσθαι in passages where the gravity of the
sin is more insisted upon.
29. οὐ τοῦ παρεληλυθότος—ἀγένητον θείη. Turner (on
324B quotes Laws, XI. 934A οὐχ ἕνεκα τοῦ κακουργῆσαι διδοὺς
τὴν δίκην, οὐ γὰρ τὸ γεγονὸς ἀγένητον ἔσται ποτέ κτλ. The phrase
οὐ γὰρ ἂν τό γε πραχθὲν ἀγένητον θείη represents a common
proverbial saying: cf. Simonides, Frag. 69 τὸ γὰρ γεγενημένον
οὐκέτ᾽ ἄρεκτον ἔσται (Sauppe) with Bergk's note, and the impressive application of the saying in Aesch. Ag. 1019-21 τὸ δ᾽
ἐρὶ γᾶν ἅραξ ρεσὸν θανάσιμον ρποράποιθ᾽ ἀνδπὸς μέλαν αἷμα τίς ἂν
πάλιν ἀγκαλέσαιτ᾽ ἐπαείδων;
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