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ὡς μεταβαίνει. The leading features in Plato's narrative are probably taken from the history of Sparta, which had degenerated during his lifetime from a ‘timarchy’ to what was virtually an oligarchical polity: cf. Nohle die Statslehre Pl. p. 106 and Hermann-Thumser l.c. p. 258. Others have referred to the Solonian constitution and the oligarchical revolutions at Athens in 411 and 404. In neither of these instances was the previous government timarchical, for the rule of the Eupatrids had become an oppressive oligarchy by the time of Solon (Holm Gk Hist. E. T. I p. 389); but it is likely enough that Plato was thinking of these among other oligarchies and oligarchical movements in some parts of his descriptions: see 551 B note τὸ ταμιεῖον -- ἐκεῖνο. 548 A notes The oracle spoke truly ἁ φιλοχρηματία Σπάρταν ὀλεῖ, ἄλλο δὲ οὐδέν (Tyrtaeus 3. 1). γυναῖκες. See on 548 A.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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