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τῆς -- ἐργασίας is not the work of a seaman (as Jowett seems to suppose), but a special department of ἐμπορία, viz. ναυκληρία: see Arist. Pol. A 11. 1258^{b} 21 ff. The ναύκληρος owned a ship and conveyed passengers and cargo for payment (cf. Gorg. 511 D, E): he is frequently mentioned along with the ἔμπορος, e.g. Pol. 290 A ἐμπόρους καὶ ναυκλήρους καὶ καπήλους, Laws 831 E, Xen. Vect. 3. 4, 5. 3. ὧν δὴ ἕνεκα . ὧν can hardly (as J. and C. suppose) refer to μεταδώσουσιν: it must denote the same objects as the previous ὧν. The meaning is ‘for the sake of which things we established the principle of community and founded a city.’ Cf. 369 C κοινωνοὺς—μεταδίδωσι δὴ ἄλλος ἄλλῳ κτλ. νόμισμα -- ἕνεκα. Cf. Laws 742 A νόμισμα δ᾽ ἕνεκα ἀλλαγῆς τῆς καθ᾽ ἡμέραν. See also 370 E note Plato regards coined money as a necessary evil— the offspring, not of φύσις, but of νόμος (cf. Arist. Eth. Nic. V 8. 1133^{a} 30 ff. διὰ τοῦτο τοὔνομα ἔχει νόμισμα, ὅτι οὐ φύσει ἀλλὰ νόμῳ ἐστί and Pol. A 9. 1257^{b} 10 ff.), a mere conventional symbol, the private possession of which is denied to the highest classes of the State (III 416 D ff.).
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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