The Republic · ¶5042

Homer, supports the theory that justice is a thief, 1. 334 B; his rewards of justice, 2. 363 B; 10. 612 A; his stories not approved for youth, 2. 377 D foll. (cp. 10. 595); his mode of narration, 3. 393 A foll.; feeds his heroes on campaigners’ fare, ib. 404 C; Socrates’ feeling of reverence for him, 10. 595 C, 607 (cp. 3. 391 A); the captain and teacher of the tragic poets, 10. 595 B, 598 D, E; not a legislator, ib. 599 E; or a general, ib. 600 A [cp. Ion 537 foll.]; or inventor, ibid.; or teacher, ibid.; no educator, ib. 600, 606 E, 607 B; not much esteemed in his lifetime, ib. 600 B foll.; went about as a rhapsode, ibid. Passages quoted or referred to:— Iliad i. l. 11 foll., 3. 392 E foll. l. 131, 6. 501 B. l. 225, 3. 389 E. l. 590 foll., 2. 378 D. l. 599 foll., 3. 389 A. Iliad ii. l. 623, 6. 501 C. Iliad iii. l. 8, 3. 389 E. Iliad iv. l. 69 foll., 2. 379 E. l. 218, 3. 408 A. l. 412, ib. 389 E. l. 431, ibid. Iliad v. l. 845, 10. 612 B. Iliad vii. l. 321, 5. 468 D. Iliad viii. l. 162, ibid. Iliad ix. l. 497 foll., 2. 364 D. l. 513 foll., 3. 390 E. Iliad xi. l. 576, ib. 405 E. l. 624, ibid. l. 844, ib. 408 A. Iliad xii. l. 311, 5. 468 E. Iliad xiv. l. 294 foll., 3. 390 C. Iliad xvi. l. 433, ib. 388 C. l. 776, 8. 566 D. l. 856 foll., 3. 386 E. Iliad xviii. l. 23 foll., ib. 388 A. l. 54, ib. B. Iliad xix. l. 278 foll., ib. 390 E. Iliad xx. l. 4 foll., 2. 379 E. l. 64 foll., 3. 386 C. Iliad xxi. l. 222 foll., ib. 391 B. Iliad xxii. ll. 15, 20, ib. A. l. 168 foll., ib. 388 C. l. 362 foll., ib. 386 E. l. 414, ib. 388 B. Iliad xxiii. l. 100 foll., ib. 387 A. l. 103 foll., ib. 386 D. l. 151 ib. 391 B. l. 175 ibid. Iliad xxiv. l. 10 foll., ib. 388 A. l. 527, 2. 379 D. Odyssey i. l. 351 foll., 4. 424 D. Odyssey viii. l. 266 foll., 3. 390 D. Odyssey ix. l. 9. foll., ib. B. l. 91 foll., 8. 560 C. Odyssey x. l. 495, 3. 386 E. Odyssey xi. l. 489 foll., ib. C; 7. 516 D. Odyssey xii. l. 342, 3. 390 B. Odyssey xvii. l. 383 foll., ib. 389 D. l. 485 foll., 2. 381 D. Odyssey xix. l. 109 foll., ib. 363 B. l. 395, 1. 334 B. Odyssey xx. l. 17, 3. 390 D; 4. 441 B. Odyssey xxiv. l. 6, 3. 387 A. l. 40, 8. 566 D.

Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Benjamin Jowett, revised third edition (1888), with Stephanus numbering from the 1908 edition; composite transcription, Project Gutenberg #55201
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