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ἐπὶ τὸν ξύνδεσμον is not ‘so as to be the bond of the State’ (as J. and C. suggest), but ‘for binding the city together,’ with reference to ξυναρμόττων τοὺς πολίτας. Cf. Laws 921 C. τοίνυν=‘further’ (I 339 D note). Socrates has not yet replied to Glauco's indignant ἀδικήσομεν αὐτούς; but proceeds to do so now. οὐδ᾽ ἀδικήσομεν: (besides what I have just said) we shall not be wronging them either. οὐδέ is used in the same way in Euthyph. 12 A and Laws 673 C. δέ in οὐδέ cannot mean ‘in spite of what you say’ (as J. and C. imagine).
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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