CliffsNotes on Plato's The Republic by Thomas Thornburg

Author:Thomas Thornburg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Glossary

Nemesis in Greek mythology, the personification of the gods’ wrath at man’s hubris; the goddess of retributive justice, or vengeance.

the palaestra in ancient Greece, a public place for exercise in wrestling and athletics. (Athletes trained and performed naked; a little later in the dialogue Socrates will refer to this, comparing the Greeks to other peoples who did not follow the custom [barbarians—i.e., non-Hellenes], saying it may have seemed strange when first introduced but was now natural and accepted.)

Cretans Hellenic people from the island of Crete.

Lacedaemonians i.e., Spartans.

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