[12] See "Cyrop." passim.

[13] {ergastersi}, Xenophontic for the common Attic {ergatais}. See
Hold. ad loc. for similar forms, and cf. Rutherford, "New
Phrynichus," 59.

[14] Cf. Aristot. "Oecon." i. 5 (where the thesis is developed
further).



XIV

Soc. Well, then, Ischomachus, supposing the man is now so fit to rule
that he can compel obedience,[1] is he, I ask once more, your bailiff
absolute? or even though possessed of all the qualifications you have
named, does he still lack something?[2]

[1] Or, "that discipline flows from him;" al. "he presents you with
obedient servants."

[2] Lit. "will he still need something further to complete him?"

Most certainly (replied Ischomachus). One thing is still required of
him, and that is to hold aloof from property and goods which are his
master's; he must not steal. Consider, this is the very person through
whose hands the fruits and produce pass, and he has the audacity to
make away with them! perhaps he does not leave enough to cover the
expenses of the farming operations! Where would be the use of farming