Procles, king of Lacedæmon, v. 90.
Prodicus, the Cean, i. 5, iv. 412—
his argument regarding wealth,
vi. 68.

Prometheus, i. 228-his friendliness
to man, 249.
Property, consists of all useful
things, vi. 73-laws for protection
of, in the model state, v. 404, 495
-search for stolen, 519.
Proserpine, iii. 19-meaning of the
name, 322.

Prospaltius, a ward of Athens, iii.
308.

PROTAGORAS; or, THE SOPHist, i.
237-294.

What advantages to be derived
from association with the so-
phists, 241, 246-whether virtue
can be taught, 249-fable of Pro-
metheus and Epimetheus, 249—
whether virtue is one thing, or
several, 257-ode of Simonides
discussed, 269-courage attempt-
ed to be distinguished from virtue,
280-shown to be contained in
knowledge, 293-Gray's notes,
vi. 453.

Protagoras the sophist, of Abdera, i.

243-his discussion with Socrates,
245-examination of his theory,
381-his rhetorical arts, 346.
Protarchus, son of Callias, iv. 3.
Proteus, an Egyptian sophist, iii.

72.

| Pythagorean doctrine of order, i.
210.

Pythian priestess, her answer re-
garding Socrates, i. 7.
Pythoclides, iv. 337.
Pythoclides of Ceos, a sophist, i.
245.
Pythodorus, iii. 402, iv. 338.

Quarrels, family, laws regarding, v.
482.

R

Religious rites, ii. 111-no one to
have holy places in private houses,
v. 454.

REPUBLIC, THE, ii. 1-312.

Book I. Consolations of age, 4-
Simonides' definition of justice,
7-inadequate justice, 9-jus-
tice confounded with expedi-
ency, 14-the sycophants, 17-
the rulers should have in view the
advantage of the governed, not
their own, 24-justice more
powerful than injustice, 29-jus-
tice the virtue of the soul, 32.

Book II. Sophistical argu-
ments in favour of injustice, 36—
inquiry into justice in its effects
on the state, 49-origin of the
state, 49-division of labour, 50

the market, 51-superfluous
trades, 53-war, 54-state guard-
ians, 55 should be philoso-
phers, 57-gymnastics, 57-fa-
bles of the poets, 58-right ideas
of the Deity, 60-falsehoods re-
specting the gods not to be allow-
ed, 64.

Book III. Censure of the
poets, 65 threefold distinction
of poetry, 73- the magistrates
not to be imitators (actors or
orators), 75-song and melody,
72-many-stringed instruments
proscribed, 81-- also elaborate

rhythm, 82-poets and all other
craftsmen to be vigilantly super-
intended, 83-gymnastics, 85-
physicians, want of, a proof of
bad training, 87 -a Phoenician
fable, 97-rules for the military
class, 100.

Book IV. True position and
functions of the guardians, 102—
size and boundaries of the state,
106-religious rites, 111-virtues
essential to the state, 111-wis-
dom, 112-fortitude, 113-tem-
perance and justice, 114-injus-
tice, 129.

Book V. Constitution of the
magistracy in a prosperous state,
133-duties of men and women
common in a state, 138-com-
munity of wives and children ad-
vocated, 141 honours to the
brave, 153-evils existing in
states, 159.

Book VI. True philosophy in-
dispensable in a well-ordered
state, 170-philosophers the pro-
per rulers, 185-the idea of good
the proper subject of philosophy,
198.

Book VII. True philosophy
despises political offices, 209-ne-
cessary attainments of the guard-
ians, 211-mathematical studies,
advantage of, 215-dialectics, 222
-learning not to be acquired on
compulsion, 227-age at which
to be pursued, 230-after a cer-
tain time the guardians to be ad-
mitted to the highest offices of
the state, 230.

Book VIII. The different kinds
of bad government, 233-timo-
cracy, 234-oligarchy, 239-de-
mocracy, 244-ironical commend-
ation of democracy, 246-tyran-
ny, 251-career of the tyrant, 255.

Book IX. Unnecessary plea-
sures and desires, 260-the slave
of such, the most wicked and
miserable of men, 265-condition

of a rich man with his slaves in a
hostile state, 268-the condition
of the tyrant even more wretched,
269-pleasures of knowledge and
philosophy preferred to sensual
ones, 276-the true regulation of
life, 282.

Book X. Poets excluded from
the state, as unable to teach vir-
tue, 290-hymns to the gods al-
lowed, but not the pleasurable
muse, 297-justice the best re-
ward to the soul, 302-apologue
of Erus, on future rewards and
punishments, 304.

Republic, discussion of the practi-
cability of the ideal, ii. 319.
Restrictions on poets, v. 145, 272—
on foreign travel, v. 514.
Rewards and punishments, future,
apologue on, ii. 304.
Rhadamanthus, a Cretan judge, iv.
461-a judge of the dead, i. 28,
228.

Rhapsodist, art of the, a divine al-
lotment, iv. 294-ridicule of the
pretences of the, 300.
Rhea, ii. 345.

Rhetoric, a species of flattery, i.
155-therefore harmful, 177—its
pretended rules ridiculed, 345.
Riches, doubts whether really a
good, vi. 66.

Rings, attracted by the Magnesian
stone, iv. 294.

RIVALS, THE, iv. 419-431.

Should the study of philosophy
be pursued, or athletic exercises?
421-moderation recommended in
these last, but not in philosophy,
424-philosophy not a substitute
for skill in useful arts, 427-to
philosophize is not to be great in
learning, 431-Gray's notes, vi.
434.

Rulers, duty of, ii. 24.
Running and other contests, rules
for, v. 321.

Rural stewards, in the model state,
v. 205.

S

Sacred ship of the Athenians, its
history, i. 54.
Sacrifice, monthly meetings for, in
the model state, v. 224.
Sacrilege, punishment of, in the mo-
del state, v. 353.

Sannio, the beautiful, his fate pre-
dicted by Socrates, iv. 414.
Sappho, i. 309.

Sarambus, the tavern-keeper, i. 222.
Sarpedon, ii. 68.

Saturn, life under the government
of, iii. 213, v. 134-such to be
imitated in states, 135.
Satyrus, a slave, i. 238.
Scamandrius, iii. 298.
Scellius, i. 166.

SCIENCE. See THEATEtus.
Sciences necessary to man, vi. 6-
to be taught in the model state,
v. 300.

Sciron, a noted robber, i. 402.
Scopas, the Thessalian, i. 269.
Scylla, ii. 279.

Sea, neighbourhood of, unfavourable
to virtue, v. 121.

Self-improvement, iv. 338.

Self-knowledge, iv. 356.

Self-love to be avoided, v. 161.

Sibylla, the, an oracle-chaunter, iv.

406.

Sicilian cookery, ii. 86.

Slaves, treatment of, in the model
state, v. 233-slaves and freed-
men, laws relating to, 458.
Smicrion, an Athenian, iii. 374.
Social intercourse, monthly meet-
ings for, in the model state, v.
224.

Socrates, the chief speaker in the

Republic and the other dialogues,
ii. I-notice of, and his friends, vi.
416-Alcibiades' account of him,
iii. 561-his poverty, iv. 158-his
dæmon, i. 19, iv. 311, 413-his
doctrines questioned, iv. 470-his
teaching said to be incomplete,
473-his defence at his trial, i. 3
(see APOLOGY)-his age at the
time, 3-his condemnation, 23-
refuses to escape from prison, 44
(see CRITO)-his death, 127.
Solon, wisdom of, i. 273-his tra-
vels in Egypt, ii. 325.
SOPHIST, THE, iii. 103-186.

The nature of the sophist ex-
amined, 106-compared with the
fisherman, 106-with the hunter,
111-with the huckster, 114-the
teaching art, 124-quantity and
quality of entities discussed, 143
--motion and rest, 159-the beau-
tiful, 168-the sophist not a phi-
losopher, but a mere imitator, 185
-Gray's notes, vi. 465.
SOPHIST. See PROTAGORAS.

vi. 207.

Silenus, iii. 564.

Simmias, the Theban, i. 317 - a

friend of Socrates, 33-present
at his death, 56, vi. 419.
Simon the shoemaker, a philosopher,
vi. 83.

Simonides, ode of, discussed, i. 269
--his definition of justice, ii. 7.
SISYPHUS; or, ON TAKING COUNSEL,
vi. 99-108.

Consultation, being about things
which the parties do not know, is
nothing better than a guess, or off-
handed divination, 100, 105.
Sisyphus, i. 230.

ed, i. 237, iii. 52, 106-specimens
of their teaching, iii. 57-their
gains, iv. 214-the sophist not a
philosopher, iii. 185.

Sophocles, his remark on old age,
ii. 4.

Sophroniscus, iii. 87.
Sosias, iii. 309.

SOUL OF THE WORLD. See TIMAUS
THE LOCRIAN.

Soul, the most divine of man's pos-
sessions, v. 153-the immortal
and the mortal or sensuous soul,
ii. 380-immortality of the, a mo-
tive to a good and wise life, i. 116
-proved from various consider-