Stesichorus, says that Helen was never at Troy, 9. 586 C.

Stories, improper, not to be told to children, 2. 377; 3. 391. Cp. Children, Education.

Strength, rule of, 1. 338.

Style of poetry, 3. 392;
—styles, various, ib. 397.

Styx, 3. 387 B.

Suits, will be unknown in the best state, 5. 464 E.

Sumptuary laws, 4. 423, 425.

Sun, the, compared with the idea of good, 6. 508; not sight, but the author of sight, ib. 509;
—‘the sun of Heracleitus,’ ib. 498 A.

Supposititious son, parable of the, 7. 538.

Sympathy, of soul and body, 5. 462 D, 464 B; aroused by poetry, 10. 605 B.

Syracusan dinners, 3. 404 D.

T.

Tactics, use of arithmetic in, 7. 522 E, 525 B.

Tartarus ( = hell), 10. 616 A.

Taste, good, importance of, 3. 401, 402.

Taxes, heavy, imposed by the tyrant, 8. 567 A, 568 E.

Teiresias, alone has understanding among the dead, 3. 386 E.

Telamon, 10. 620 B.

Temperance (σωφροσύνη), in the state, 3. 389; 4. 430 foll. [cp. Laws 3. 696]; temperance and love, 3. 403 A; fostered in the soul by the simple kind of music, ib. 404 E, 410 A; a harmony of the soul, 4. 430, 441 E, 442 D, 443 (cp. 9. 591 D, and Laws 2. 653 B); one of the philosopher’s virtues, 6. 485 E, 490 E, 491 B, 494 B [cp. Phaedo 68].

Temple-robbing, 9. 574 D, 575 B.

Territory, devastation of Hellenic, not to be allowed, 5. 470;
—unlimited, not required by the good state, 4. 423 [cp. Laws 5. 737].

Thales, inventions of, 10. 600 A.

Thamyras, soul of, chooses the life of a nightingale, 10. 620 A.

Theages, the bridle of, 6. 496 B.

Themis, did not instigate the strife with the gods, 2. 379 E.

Themistocles, answer of, to the Seriphian, 1. 330 A.

Theology of Plato, 2. 379 foll. Cp. God.

Thersites, puts on the form of a monkey, 10. 620 C.

Theseus, the tale of, and Peirithous not permitted, 3. 391 C.

Thetis, not to be slandered, 2. 381 D; 376 her accusation of Apollo, ib. 383 A.

Thirst, 4. 437 E, 439; an inanition (κένωσις) of the body, 9. 585 A.

Thracians, procession of, in honour of Bendis, 1. 327 A; characterised by spirit or passion, 4. 435 E.

Thrasymachus, the Chalcedonian, a person in the dialogue, 1. 328 B; described, ib. 336 B; will be paid, ib. 337 D; defines justice, ib. 338 C foll.; his rudeness, ib. 343 A; his views of government, ibid. (cp. 9. 590 D); his encomium on injustice, 1. 343 A; his manner of speech, ib. 345 B; his paradox about justice and injustice, ib. 348 B foll.; he blushes, ib. 350 D; is pacified, and retires from the argument, ib. 354 (cp. 6. 498 C); would have Socrates discuss the subject of women and children, 5. 450.

Timocracy, 8. 545 foll.; origin of, ib. 547:
—the timocratical man, described, 8. 549; his origin, ibid.

Tinker, the prosperous, 6. 495, 496.

Tops, 4. 436.

Torch race, an equestrian, 1. 328 A.

Touch, 7. 523 E.

Traders, necessary in the state, 2. 371.

Traditions of ancient times, their truth not certainly known to us, 2. 382 C (cp. 3. 414 C, and Tim. 40 D; Crit. 107; Pol. 271 A; Laws 4. 713 E; 6. 782 D).

Tragedy and comedy in the state, 3. 394 [cp. Laws 7. 817].

Tragic poets, the, eulogizers of tyranny, 8. 568 A; imitators, 10. 597, 598.

Training, dangers of, 3. 404 A; severity of, 6. 504 A (cp. 7. 535 B).

Transfer of children from one class to another, 3. 415; 4. 423 D.

Transmigration of souls, 10. 617. See Soul.

Trochaic rhythms, 3. 400 B.

Troy, 3. 393 E; Helen never at, 9. 586 C:
—Trojan War, 2. 380 A: treatment of the wounded in, 3. 405 E, 408 A; the army numbered by Palamedes, 7. 522 D.

Truth, is not lost by men of their own will, 3. 413 A; the aim of the philosopher, 6. 484, 485, 486 E, 490, 500 C, 501 D; 7. 521, 537 D; 9. 581, 582 C (cp. supra 5. 475 E; 7. 520, 525; and Phaedo 82; Phaedr. 249; Theaet. 173 E; Soph. 249 D, 254 A); akin to wisdom, 6. 485 D; to proportion, ib. 486 E; no partial measure of, sufficient, ib. 504; love of, essential in this world and the next, 10. 618;
—truth and essence, 9. 585 D.

Tyranny, 1. 338 D; = injustice on the grand scale, ib. 344 [cp. Gorg. 469]; the wretchedest form of government, 8. 544 C; 9. 576 [cp. Pol. 302 E]; origin of, 8. 562, 564:
—the tyrannical man, 9. 571 foll.; life of, ib. 573; his treatment of his parents, ib. 574; most miserable, ib. 576, 578; has the soul of a slave, ib. 577.

Tyrant, the, origin of, 8. 565; happiness of, ib. 566 foll.; 9. 576 foll. [cp. Laws 2. 661 B]; his rise to power, 8. 566; his taxes, ib. 567 A, 568 E; his army, ib. 567 A, 569; his purgation of the city, ib. 567 B; misery of, 9. 579; has no real pleasure, ib. 587; how far distant from pleasure, ibid.:
—Tyrants and poets, 8. 568; have no friends, ibid.; 9. 576 [cp. Gorg. 510 C]; punishment of, in the world below, 10. 615 [cp. Gorg. 525].

U.

Understanding, a faculty of the soul, 6. 511 D; = science, 7. 533 E.

Union impossible among the bad, 1. 352 A [cp. Lysis 214]. 377

Unity of the state, 4. 422, 423; 5. 462, 463 [cp. Laws 5. 739];
—absolute unity, 7. 524 E, 525 E; unity and plurality, ibid.

Unjust man, the, happy (Thrasymachus), 1. 343, 344 [cp. Gorg. 470 foll.]; his unhappiness finally proved, 9. 580; 10. 613:
—injustice = private profit, 1. 344 (see Injustice).

Uranus, immoral stories about, 2. 377 E.

User, the, a better judge than the maker, 10. 601 C [cp. Crat. 390].

Usury, sometimes not protected by law, 8. 556 A [cp. Laws 5. 742 C].

V.

Valetudinarianism, 3. 406; 4. 426 A.

Valour, prizes of, 5. 468.

Vice, the disease of the soul, 4. 444; 10. 609 foll. [cp. Soph. 228; Pol. 296 D; Laws 10. 906 C]; is many, 4. 445; the proper object of ridicule, 5. 452 E;
—fine names for the vices, 8. 560 E. Cp. Injustice.

Virtue and justice, 1. 350 [cp. Meno 73 E, 79]; thought by mankind to be toilsome, 2. 364 A [cp. Laws 807 D]; virtue and harmony, 3. 401 A (cp. 7. 522 A); virtue and pleasure, 3. 402 E (cp. Pleasure); not promoted by excessive care of the body, ib. 407 (cp. 9. 591 D); makes men wise, 3. 409 E; divided into parts, 4. 428 foll., 433; in the individual and the state, ib. 435 foll., 441 (cp. Justice); the health of the soul, ib. 444 (cp. 10. 609 foll., and Soph. 228; Pol. 296 D); is one, ib. 445; may be a matter of habit, 7. 518 E; 10. 619 D; impeded by wealth, 8. 550 E [cp. Laws 5. 728 A, 742; 8. 831, 836 A];
—virtues of the philosopher, 6. 485 foll., 490 D, 491 B, 494 B (cp. Philosopher); place of the several virtues in the state, 4. 427 foll.

Visible world, divisions of, 6. 510 foll.; 7. 517; compared to the intellectual, 6. 508, 509; 7. 532 A.

Vision, 5. 477; 6. 508; 7. 517. See Sight.

W.

War, causes of, 2. 373; 4. 422 foll.; 8. 547 A; an art, 2. 374 A (cp. 4. 422, and Laws 11. 921 E); men, women, and children to go to, 5. 452 foll., 467, 471 E; 7. 537 A; regulations concerning, 5. 467–471; a matter of chance, ib. 467 E [cp. Laws 1. 638 A]; distinction between internal and external, ib. 470 A [cp. Laws 1. 628, 629]; the guilt of, always confined to a few persons, ib. 471 B; love of, especially characteristic of timocracy, 8. 547 E; cannot be easily waged by an oligarchy, ib. 551 E; the rich and the poor in war, ib. 556 C; a favourite resource of the tyrant, ib. 567 A.

Warrior, the brave, rewards of, 5. 468; his burial, ib. E; the warrior must know how to count, 7. 522 E, 525; must be a geometrician, ib. 526.

Waves, the three, 5. 457 C, 472 A, 473 C.

Weak, the, by nature subject to the strong, 1. 338 [cp. Gorg. 489; Laws 3. 690 B]; not capable of much, either for good or evil, 6. 491 E, 495 B.

Wealth, the advantage of, in old age, 1. 329, 330; the greatest blessing of, ib. 330, 331; the destruction of the arts, 4. 421; influence of, on the state, ib. 422 A [cp. Laws 4. 705; 5. 729 A]; the ‘sinews of war,’ ibid.; all-powerful in oligarchies and timocracies, 8. 548 A, 551 B, 553, 562 A; an impediment to virtue, 378 ib. 550 E [cp. Laws 5. 728 A; 742 E; 8. 831, 836 A]; should only be acquired to a moderate amount, 9. 591 E [cp. Laws 7. 801 B]:
—the blind god of wealth (Pluto), 8. 554 B:
—Wealthy, the, everywhere hostile to the poor, 4. 423 A; 8. 551 E [cp. Laws 5. 736 A]; flattered by them, 5. 465 C; the wealthy and the wise, 6. 489 B; plundered by the multitude in democracies, 8. 564, 565.

Weaving, the art of, 3. 401 A; 5. 455 D.

Weep, the guardians not to, 3. 387 C (cp. 10. 603 E).

Weighing, art of, corrects the illusions of sight, 10. 602 D.

Whole, the, in regard to the happiness of the state, 4. 420 D; 5. 466 A; 7. 519 E; in love, 5. 474 C, 475 B; 6. 485 B.

Whorl, the great, 10. 616.

Wicked, the, punishment of, in the world below, 2. 363; 10. 614; thought by men to be happy, 1. 354; 2. 364 A; 3. 392 B (cp. 8. 545 A, and Gorg. 470 foll.; Laws 2. 66 1; 10. 899 E, 905 A).

Wine, lovers of, 5. 475 A.

Wisdom (σοφία, φρόνησις) and injustice, 1. 349, 350; in the state, 4. 428; akin to truth, 6. 485 D; the power of, 7. 518, 519; the only virtue which is innate in us, ib. 518 E.

Wise man, the, = the good, 1. 350 [cp. 1 Alcib. 124, 125]; definition of, 4. 442 C; alone has true pleasure, 9. 583 B; life of, ib. 591;
—‘the wise to go to the doors of the rich,’ 6. 489 B;
—wise men said to be the friends of the tyrant, 8. 568.

Wives to be common in the state, 5. 457 foll.; 8. 543.

Wolves, men changed into, 8. 565 D; ‘wolf and flock’ (proverb), 3. 415 D.

Women, employments of, 5. 455; differences of taste in, ib. 456; fond of complaining, 8. 549 D; supposed to differ in nature from men, 5. 453; inferior to men, ib. 455 [cp. Tim. 42; Laws 6. 781]; ought to be trained like men, ib. 451, 466 [cp. Laws 7. 805; 8. 829 E]; in the gymnasia, ib. 452, 457 [cp. Laws 7. 813, 814; 8. 833]; in war, ib. 453 foll., 466 E, 471 E [cp. Laws 6. 785; 7. 806, 814 A]; to be guardians, ib. 456, 458, 468; 7. 540 C; (and children) to be common, 5. 450 E, 457 foll., 462, 464; 8. 543 [cp. Laws 5. 739]. See supra s. v. State, p. 374.

World, the, cannot be a philosopher, 6. 494 A.

World below, the, seems very near to the aged, 1. 330 E; not to be reviled, 3. 386 foll. [cp. Crat. 403; Laws 5. 727 E; 8. 828 D]; pleasure of discourse in, 6. 498 D [cp. Apol. 41]; punishment of the wicked in, 2. 363; 10. 614 foll.; sex in, 10. 618 B;
—[heroes] who have ascended from the world below to the gods, 7. 521 C.

X.

Xerxes, perhaps author of the maxim that justice = paying one’s debts, 1. 336 A.

Y.

Young, the, how affected by the common praises of injustice, 2. 365; cannot understand allegory, ib. 378 E; must be subject in the state, 3. 412 B [cp. Laws 3. 690 A; 4. 714 E]; must submit to their elders, 5. 465 A [cp. Laws 4. 721 D; 9. 879 C; 11. 917 A]. Cp. Children, Education.

Youth, the corruption of, not to be attributed to the Sophists, but to 379 public opinion, 6. 492 A;
—youthful enthusiasm for metaphysics, 7. 539 B [cp. Phil. 15 E];
—youthful scepticism, not of long continuance, ib. D [cp. Soph. 234 E; Laws 10. 888 B].

Z.

Zeus, his treatment of his father, 2. 377 E; throws Hephaestus from heaven, ib. 378 D;
—Achilles descended from, 3. 391 C;
—did not cause the violation of the treaty in the Trojan War, or the strife of the gods, 2. 379 E; or send the lying dream to Agamemnon, ib. 383 A; or lust for Herè, 3. 390 B; ought not to have been described by Homer as lamenting for Achilles and Sarpedon, ib. 388 C;
—Lycaean Zeus, 8. 565 D;
—Olympian Zeus, 9. 583 B.