[146] Ibid. 987-996.
[147] [Plato] Theages, 122 E.
[148] Plato, Alkibiades, i. 122 B. The Athenian State, however, from the time of Solon onwards, supported and educated at public expense the sons of those who fell in battle. The endowed systems in Teos and at Delphoi belong to the third century; it is impossible to say whether such existed earlier.
[149] Xen. Mem. ii. 2. 6.
[150] [Xen.] Constit. of Athens, ii. 10.
[151] Plutarch, Alkib. 3; Plato, Charmides, 153 A.
[152] C.I.A. ii. 1. 444, 445, 446.
[153] See Excursus on γυμνιασιαρχοί.
[154] He could, and had to, use compulsion in collecting boys. This suggests that a parent could always, if he wished, get this free education for his son.
[155] This rule fell into abeyance.