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ὡρισάμεθα κτλ. See 597 E f. From ἀλλὰ καὶ δεύτερος we may infer that “the actual law-giver, in Plato's view, is second from reality” (Bosanquet). τίς τῶν πόλεων κτλ. Contrast Symp. 209 C ff. where Homer and Hesiod are linked with Lycurgus, Solon, καὶ ἄλλοι ἄλλοθι πολλαχοῦ ἄνδρες, καὶ ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ ἐν βαρβάροις, πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ ἀποφηνάμενοι ἔργα, γεννήσαντες παντοίαν ἀρετήν.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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