ὀλίγοι τινὲς ὧν ἐντετύχηκα → a very few whom I've met
P. and V. οὐκ ἄξιος.
through being disqualified to contend: P. κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐξουσίαν τῆς ἀγωνίσεως (Thuc. 5, 50).