[286] Ar Pol II 12 § 10.

[287] Ar Pol II 7 §§ 3-7.

[288] Pol II 7 passim.

[289] Pol II 7 §§ 14, 15.

[290] μυρίανδρον Pol II 8 §§ 2, 3, with notes in Newman.

[291] ‘Artisan’ is not quite = τεχνίτης. All professional work is included.

[292] Pol II 7 §§ 8, 9. The probable influence of Spartan precedents is pointed out in Mr Newman’s note.

[293] See the valuable discussion in Grundy op cit chapter VIII.

[294] Cf Isocr de pace § 69 p 173, §§ 129-131 p 185.

[295] Plato was evidently uneasy at the growing influence of metics, to judge from the jealous rule of Laws p 850. This is in striking contrast with the view of Xenophon.