1 Plato recurs to the etymological meaning of εὐήθεια. Cf. on 343 C.
2 The Ruskinian and Wordsworthian generalization is extended from music to all the fine arts, including, by the way, architecture (οἰκοδομία), which Butcher (Aristotle's Theory of Poetry, p. 138) says is ignored by Plato and Aristotle.
3 Their special task is to cultivate true εὐήθεια in their souls. For τὸ αὑτῶν πράττειν here cf. 443 C-D.
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