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^{page 232 note 1} My point is valid whatever view we take of the meaning of(see Morrow, op. cit. 159 n. 10). I suppose it could be argued that at any rate the military arrangements and activities refer to a period while the settlers were still in their home states. This is clearly true of 755 e 4 ff., where Plato's mind is still running on the problems of foundation. It may or may not be significant that here nothing is presupposed by way of buildings: we have only χωρίον (e 6), not ίερόν (753 ci).

^{page 233 note 1} How long ? We have one small clue: at 772 b ff. Plato suggests 10 years as a reasonable time in which to finalize details of sacrifices and choruses; only after this period, apparently, may the people at large be allowed to accept or reject proposed changes.

^{page 233 note 2} Note also 752 c 4:.

^{page 234 note 1} A possible remote parallel is the intermediate period between autocracy and aristocracy (681 cd): see especially(‘will direct affairs during this change of constitution’ [England]).

^{page 234 note 2} Especially if the age-limit (70: see 755 a) laid down for Guardians applies to the appointments made at the foundation.

^{page 234 note 3} Note that it cannot be urged that they have already been entrusted with the choice of 19 Guardians and 100 Scrutineers: they have not. At 752 de and 754 c (cf. 770) it is the Cnossians who choose both Cnossians and Magnesians (the ‘screening’ of 736 be would quickly reveal suitable Magnesians). At 752 e 4–7(cf. κοινῃ 754 c 5) may mean anything or nothing, but would seem to suggest that the Magnesians have only a consultative role in the elections.

^{page 234 note 4} Perhaps 969 ab gives us a faint clue: the responsibility of Cleinias and his colleagues must not go on indefinitely; at some stage there must be a clear transfer of responsibility from the Academy to the Magnesians, who must take the blame for any subsequent disasters.

^{page 235 note 1} Presumably ⋯ρχαί at 754 c 9 could include other (lesser) officials also.

^{page 235 note 2} This, of course, is the reason why they become citizens while the 200 disband, and (possibly) why it is not stipulated that they must be old, as the 200 must be (754 c 6), or at any rate the 100 Magnesians.

^{page 235 note 3} In fact, the first is less a discussion of this problem than an appeal to Cleinias and Megillus not to be faint-hearted.

^{page 236 note 1} The powers and functions of the Guardians are by no means confined to those described at 754 d ff.: see Morrow, op. cit. 196 ff.