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Home   Browse and Comment Search   Buy Books and CD-ROMs Help   The Republic By Plato Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about The Republic. Download: A text-only version is available for download. The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett     Table of Contents Book I     Socrates - GLAUCON I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The servant to

The Internet Classics Archive | The Republic by Plato Home Browse and Comment Search Buy Books and CD-ROMs Help The Republic By Plato Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about The Republic . Download: A text-only version is available for download . The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Table of Contents Book I Socrates - GLAUCON I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing

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