The Republic · ¶5441
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].Read in context ›
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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