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.