Astronomy, must be studied by the rulers, 7. 527–530; spirit in which it should be pursued, ib. 529, 530.
Atalanta, chose the life of an athlete, 10. 620 B.
Athené, not to be considered author of the strife between Trojans and Achaeans, 2. 379 E.
Athenian confectionery, 3. 404 E.
Athens, corpses exposed outside the northern wall of, 4. 439 E.
Athlete, Atalanta chooses the soul of an, 10. 620 B; athletes, obliged to pay excessive attention to diet, 3. 404 A; sleep away their lives, ibid.; are apt to become brutalized, ib. 410, 411 (cp. 7. 535 D);
—the guardians athletes of war, 3. 403 E, 404 B; 4. 422; 7. 521 E; 8. 543 [cp. Laws 8. 830].
Atridae, 3. 393 A.
Atropos (one of the Fates), her song, 10. 617 C; spins the threads of destiny, and makes them irreversible, ib. 620 E.
Attic confections, 3. 404 E.
Audience, see Spectator.
Autolycus, praised by Homer, 1. 334 A.
Auxiliaries, the young warriors of the state, 3. 414; compared to dogs, 2. 376; 4. 440 D; 5. 451 D; have silver mingled in their veins, 3. 415 A. Cp. Guardians.
Avarice, disgraceful, 1. 347 B; forbidden in the guardians, 3. 390 E; falsely imputed to Achilles and Asclepius by the poets, ib. 391 B, 408 C; characteristic of timocracy and oligarchy, 8. 548 A, 553.