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μιμήσεται. See cr. n. The choice of reading lies between this and Madvig's emendation <μιμήσεται ἢ> διηγήσεται. In favour of μιμήσεται is μᾶλλον, which correlates with ὅσῳ ἂν φαυλότερος ᾖ. The corruption doubtless arose from a misinterpretation of μᾶλλον. Thinking that an ἤ clause was needed to explain it, a scribe added ἢ διηγήσεται in the margin, and διηγήσεται was afterwards taken as a variant and ousted μιμήσεται. These arguments, which are Hartman's, seem to me conclusive in favour of μιμήσεται, which Schneider first restored. σπουδῇ τε καὶ ἐναντίον πολλῶν: like the professional dramatist or actor. τροχιλιῶν κτλ. Cf. supra 396 B note
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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