[185]. Cf. Xen. Ath. Pol. i. 10-12 on the easy life of slaves in Athens, and Zimmern, op. cit., pp. 382 f., who points out that this resulted from economic necessity. Cf. 777C-D; cf. Rep. 578D-579A on the dangers and troubles arising from extensive slave-holding.
[186]. Laws 915A ff., another striking evidence of the actual status of freedmen and slaves in Athens.
[187]. Rep. 371B. The word is νόμισμα, something established by usage, hence “current coin,” not necessarily suggestive of intrinsic worth, as are χρήματα and the metals. Cf. Ar. Clouds 248 for a play on the word, θεοὶ ἡμῖν νόμισμ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι. Cf. the simile, Frogs 720, and Phaedo 69A, for an analogy between it and wisdom.
[188]. Rep. 371B: ξύμβολον τῆς ἀλλαγῆς.
[189]. Fors Clav., IV, 11, note (Vol. XXVIII, 134 f.); cf. also Vol. XVII, 50, 194 f.
[190]. 742A-B: νόμισμα δ᾽ ἕνεκα ἀλλαγῆς; 918B: ἐξευπορεῖν καὶ ὁμαλότητα ταῖς οὐσίαις, referring directly to traders.
[191]. Laws 918B.
[192]. Rep. 553E; for Aristotle, cf. infra.
[193]. Laws 743D.
[194]. 849E.