τῆς Ἀφροδίτης...θεράπων. Cp.
Orph. fr. 139 τὴν γὰρ Ἀφροδίτην παρήγαγεν
ὁ δημιουργὸς...καὶ τὸν Ἔρωτα ὀπαδὸν αὐτῆς: Sappho fr. 74
(λέγει ἡ Ἀφροδίτη) σύ τε
καλὸς (κἀμὸς Bgk.) θεράπων Ἔρος: Hes. Theog. 201 τῇ δ̓ (sc. Ἀφροδίτῃ）
Ἔρος ὡμάρτησε καὶ Ἵμερος ἕσπετο καλὸς
| γεινομένῃ ταπρῶτα κτλ.: Max. Tyr. diss. XXIV. p. 297.
ἐραστὴς ὢν περὶ τὸ καλόν. Cp. 204 B, 206 E. For the
thought, cp. Sir T. Browne (Rel. Med.) “I am naturally
amorous of all that is beautiful.”
πρῶτον μὲν
κτλ. Here follows a list of the properties which
attach to Eros in virtue of his descent from Penia. Observe that the order is
chiastic— here Penia-Poros, above Poros-Penia.
οἷον οἱ πολλοὶ οἴονται. This popular
opinion had been esp. voiced by Agathon, 195 C ff.;
and he had used the term σκληρός in 195 E, 196 A. The
properties of Eros are, as observed by Max. Tyr. diss. XXIV. 4.
p. 461, ἀτεχνῶς οἷα εἰς αὐτὸν Σωκράτην ἔσκωπτον ἐν
Διονυσίοις οἱ κωμῳδοί: cp. Themist. or. 13. p.
161 D ff.
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