[302] Cp. Fr. 10, 11.
παρ’ ἐμοὶ γάρ ἐστιν ἔνδον, ἔξεστιν δέ μοι
καὶ βούλομαι τοῦτ’, οὐ ποιῶ δέ. (Fr. 5.)
[304] Vide Arrian, loc. cit. where the whole subject of Thrasonides is discussed.
[305] This is the view taken of the case by Diogenes Laertius (vii. 130), when he is discussing the Stoic doctrine of love.
εἶναι δὲ τὸν ἔρωτα ἐπιβολὴν φιλοποιΐας διὰ κάλλος ἐμφαινόμενον· καὶ μὴ εἶναι συνουσίας, ἀλλὰ φιλίας. τὸν γοῦν Θρασωνίδην, καίπερ ἐν ἐξονσίᾳ ἔχοντα τὴν ἐρωμένην, διὰ τὸ μισεῖσθαι ἀπέχειν αὐτῆς. εἶναι οὖν τὸν ἔρωτα φιλίας. κ.τ.λ.
[306] One need merely think of Thais, the ideal Hetaera, μηδενὸς ἐρῶσαν.
[307] That this is no mere coincidence is shown by the characters, of Stratophanes in Menander’s Sicyonius, and others, of whom we shall speak presently. [[p. 182.]]
[308] Plut. de Cupid. Div. 524 F.