The Republic · ¶5124

Lie, a, hateful to the philosopher, 6. 490 C (cp. supra 486 E); —the true lie and the lie in words, 2. 382; —the royal lie (γενναίον ψεῦδος), 3. 414; —rulers of the state may lie, 2. 382; 3. 389 A, 414 C; 5. 459 D; —the Gods not to be represented as lying, 2. 382; —lies of the poets, ib. 377 foll.; 3. 386, 408 B (cp. 10. 597 foll.).

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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