B.

Barbarians, regard nakedness as improper, 5. ; 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. ; the many-headed, 9. , ; ‘the wild beast within us,’ ib. , .

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

Beauty as a means of education, 3. foll.; absolute beauty, 5. , ; 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. .

Bee-masters, 8. 564 C.

Being and not being, 5. ; true being the object of the philosopher’s desire, 6. , , 486 E, , 500 C; 7. , 537 D; 9. , 582 C (cp. 5. 475 E; 7. 520 B, ; 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. .

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

Body, the, not self-sufficing, 1. 341 E; excessive care of, inimical to virtue, 3. (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. .

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

Breeding of animals, 5. .

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].