B.

Barbarians, regard nakedness as improper, 5. 452; the natural enemies of the Hellenes, ib. 469 D, 470 C [cp. Pol. 262 D]; peculiar forms of government among, 8. 544 D.

Beast, the great, 6. 493; the many-headed, 9. 588, 589; ‘the wild beast within us,’ ib. 571, 572.

Beautiful, the, and the good are one, 5. 452;
—the many beautiful contrasted with absolute beauty, 6. 507 B.

Beauty as a means of education, 3. 401 foll.; absolute beauty, 5. 476, 479; 6. 494 A, 501 B, 507 B [cp. Laws 2. 655 C].

Becoming, the passage from, to being, 7. 518 D, 521 D, 525 D.

Beds, the figure of the three, 10. 596.

Bee-masters, 8. 564 C.

Being and not being, 5. 477; true being the object of the philosopher’s desire, 6. 484, 485, 486 E, 490, 500 C; 7. 521, 537 D; 9. 581, 582 C (cp. 5. 475 E; 7. 520 B, 525; and Phaedo 82; Phaedr. 249; Theaet. 173 E; Soph. 249 D, 254); concerned with the invariable, 9. 585 C.

Belief, see Faith.

Bendidea, a feast of Artemis, 1. 354 A (cp. 327 A, B).

Bendis, a title of Artemis, 1. 327 A.

Bias of Priene, 1. 335 E.

Birds, breeding of, at Athens, 5. 459.

Blest, Islands of the, 7. 519 C, 540 B.

Body, the, not self-sufficing, 1. 341 E; excessive care of, inimical to virtue, 3. 407 (cp. 9. 591 D); has less truth and essence than the soul, 9. 585 D;
—harmony of body and soul, 3. 402 D.

Body, the, and the members, comparison of the state to, 5. 462 D, 464 B.

Boxing, 4. 422.

Brass (and iron) mingled by the God in the husbandmen and craftsmen, 3. 415 A (cp. 8. 547 A).

Breeding of animals, 5. 459.

Building, art of, 3. 401 A; 4. 438 C.

Burial of the guardians, 3. 414 A; 5. 465 E, 469 A; 7. 540 B [cp. Laws 12. 947]. 343