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φίλων κτλ. φίλων though neuter is of course intended to balance φίλοις. The conjecture φιλτάτων (Richards, Hartman) destroys the balance and is in itself superfluous: see Kühner Gr. Gr. II p. 23. Note the characteristic chiasmus ἀσφαλὲς καὶ θαρραλέον—φοβερόν τε καὶ σφαλερόν.
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