02-09-2010, 06:08 AM
Yes, the word in question is 'douloi' = slaves ( see earlier posts ) ....the same word Herodotus uses of Persians, subjects of the Great King, and of subjects of Absolute Rulers generally - such as a Pharaoh. Plato is here displaying the same attitude of 5 C and onward Greeks, including Herodotus......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
