1. In spite of this statement, echoed in 4.4 (p. 195), Socrates was probably not presiding at the time, and merely voted against the illegal motion (see also Plato, Apology of Socrates, 32b-c; Gorgias, 473e; Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.7.15). On the Council and the Assembly, see p. 46, n. 1.

2. Two of the Athenian commanders at the battle of Arginusae in 406. Although victorious, they were prosecuted for negligence in rescuing the crews of sunken warships.