[542] εἴρυτο, of the protection given to his country by a king, as 9.396, cf. 24.499, 6.403. The addition of δίκηισι shews that in this connexion the word really means no more than ‘govern.’ Schol. T well quotes a fragment of “αισξη. ὅπου γὰρ ἰσχὺς συζυγοῦσι καὶ δίκαι, ποία ξυνωρὶς τῶνδε καρτερωτέρα”;