1. Incidentally (see p. 37), I think it is unlikely that our Lycon is the Lycon who was one of Socrates’ prosecutors at his trial. If he was, however, then Xenophon’s attribution to him of this comment on Socrates would be highly poignant, equivalent to the centurion at the foot of the cross saying of Jesus, ‘Truly, this was the Son of God’ (Matthew 27.54). Those who believe that he is Socrates’ prosecutor sometimes offer the following scenario: Lycon was not initially hostile towards Socrates, but the death of his son Autolycus at the hands of the Thirty in 404, for insulting a Spartan, aroused such hostility because of Socrates’ alleged pro-Spartan and oligarchic leanings (see pp. 6, 37–8). Autolycus’ noble death became almost legendary; the story is told in Plutarch, Life of Lysander, 15.4.