Ἰοῦ ἰοῦ. For a distinction between
ἰοῦ, as a cry of joy, and ἰού, of pain, see Schol. on Ar. Nub. 1170. Here it
denotes jubilation, not commiseration as Hommel suggests (“Wehe, wehe, armer
Alkibiades” etc.).
Ταῦτα ἐκεῖνα. Cp. 210 E, Charm.
166 B (Schanz nov. comm. p. 16).
εὐπόρως. This echoes phrases in the
description of Eros, son of Πόρος, see 203 D (πόριμος), 203 E (εὐπορήσῃ),
204 B (πατρὸς...εὐπόρου). Similarly πιθανὸν
suggests the plausible tongue of the γόης and
σοφιστής of 203 D.
πιθανὸν λόγον ηὗρεν. For this
“inventiveness of plausible argument” as belonging to the art of
the sophistical rhetor, cp. Gorg. 457
A ff., Phaedrus 269 D.
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