Theages

Glossary of Key Terms

The English words on which the argument depends, in alphabetical order, with the Greek they render and the places where they matter, by Stephanus page. Where a word has a longer entry in the Key Words of the Dialogue, the Glossary says so.

advise, συμβουλεύειν (symbouleuein); take advice, συμβουλεύεσθαι (symbouleuesthai); advice, συμβουλή (symboulē). 122a–c; “the one advising” and “the one taking advice”, ὁ συμβουλεύων and ὁ συμβουλευόμενος, 122c. See deliberate and Key Words, Advise, deliberate.

argument, λόγος (logos). “certain arguments” repeated from memory, 121d; the arguments Socrates is said to make about the statesmen’s sons, 126d; Thucydides’ and Aristides’ arguments, 130b–c; “the talk from here on”, 127c.

be with, συνεῖναι (syneinai); being with, συνουσία (synousia); come to be with, συγγίγνεσθαι (syngignesthai). “Be with”: 127a, 127b, 128a, 128c, 129e, 130d, 131a; “some man to be with”, for the noun, 122e. “Being with”: 122c, 125a, the line of verse at 125b–d, 125d, 127b, 127c, 127e, 128a, 129e, 130c, 130e. “Come to be with”: 122a, 126c, 127b, 128c, 130b. See Key Words, Being with, come to be with.

beautiful: see fine.

benefit, ὠφελεῖν (ōphelein), ὠφελία (ōphelia). 126d, 127d, 128e, 129e, 130a, 130e (“the benefit with which they benefit men”). See Key Words, Benefit, make progress.

blame, μέμφεσθαι (memphesthai). 123b, 123c, 125a, 126e, 127a, always of a son and his father.

clever, δεινός (deinos). “clever at the affairs of the city”, 126a, 126c; “a clever horseman”, 126b; “clever at” the things of love, 128b.

craft, τέχνη (technē); craftsman, δημιουργός (dēmiourgos); fellow craftsman, ὁμότεχνος (homotechnos). “Craft”, 124a; “craftsmen”, 124b, 124c, 126e; “a craftsman of the wisdom he desires”, 125a; “a fellow craftsman of Callicrite”, 125e. See Key Words, Craft and craftsman.

daimonic, δαιμόνιον (daimonion). “something daimonic”, 128d; “the voice of the daimonic”, 128e; “†straight for the daimonic†”, 129a; “the customary sign, the daimonic one”, 129b; “this daimonic thing”, “the power of the daimonic”, 129e; “this daimonic thing”, 131a. Kept apart from divine. See Key Words, Daimonic and divine.

deliberate, βουλεύεσθαι (bouleuesthai); counsel, βουλή (boulē). 122b, 122d, 125a (“shall we deliberate together”), 125b (“let us deliberate indeed”, “no trivial counsel”), 131a. See Key Words, Advise, deliberate.

desire, ἐπιθυμεῖν (epithymein), ἐπιθυμία (epithymia). 121c, 122c–e, 123a–d, 124e, 125a, 125d–e, 126a, 126e. See Key Words, Desire.

divine, θεῖος (theios); the divine, τὸ θεῖον (to theion). “nothing more divine”, 122b; “by a divine lot”, θείᾳ μοίρᾳ, 128d; “the divine itself that comes to you”, 131a. See daimonic and Key Words, Daimonic and divine.

educate, παιδεύειν (paideuein); education, παιδεία (paideia). 122b, 122e, 127e, 130c, 130e.

fine, καλός (kalos); fine and good, καλοὶ κἀγαθοί (kaloi kagathoi); beautiful, καλός of persons. “A fine name”, 122d; “fine and good”, 122e, 127a; “these blessed and fine subjects”, 128b; “beautiful”, of Charmides, 128d–e, and of Sannion, 129d. See Key Words, Fine and good; beautiful.

god, θεός (theos). “to become a god”, 126a; “dear to the god”, 130e; the name Theages, 122d–e (note at 122e).

in fact, τυγχάνειν (tynchanein) with a participle. 121a, 123b, 123c, 125e, 126a, 128b, 128e.

introduce, συνιστάναι (synistanai). 122a, 123a, 123b, 127a.

knowledge, ἐπιστήμη (epistēmē); those who have knowledge, ἐπιστήμονες (epistēmones); know how, ἐπίστασθαι (epistasthai) with an infinitive. 122e, 123a; “know how to rule”, 123d–124b; “know”, 125d (“the things that Anacreon said Callicrite knew”), 125e (“knows tyrannical things”), 128b, 129b. See Key Words, Knowledge, know how.

make progress, ἐπιδιδόναι (epididonai). 129e, 130a, 130d, 130e. See Key Words, Benefit, make progress.

make trial, πεῖραν λαβεῖν (peiran labein), ἀποπειραθῆναι (apopeirathēnai). Of the sign, 129d; “of this daimonic thing”, 131a.

obey, πείθεσθαι (peithesthai); disobey, ἀπιστεῖν (apistein). 122a; “I was not willing to obey Socrates”, 129a; “because he had disobeyed me”, 129c.

oracle-singers, χρησμῳδοί (chrēsmōidoi), 124d; prophets, μάντεις (manteis), 131a.

perceive, αἰσθάνεσθαι (aisthanesthai). 122c, 126d, 129e, 130c.

pilot, κυβερνᾶν (kybernan); piloting, κυβερνητική (kybernētikē). Of ships and of chariots, 123b–d (note at 123c). Charioteering, ἡνιοχική (hēniochikē), 123c, and ἡνιοχεία (hēniocheia), 123d.

power, δύναμις (dynamis). The power of the daimonic, 129e; “this power”, 130c. See Key Words, Sign, voice, power.

private persons, ἰδιῶται (idiōtai). 124b, 124c.

rule, ἄρχειν (archein), ἀρχή (archē); ruler, ἄρχων (archōn). 123d–124e, 125e, 126a; “ruled in many offices”, 127e. See tyrant and Key Words, Rule, ruler, tyrant.

sign, σημεῖον (sēmeion); signal, σημαίνειν (sēmainein); voice, φωνή (phōnē). “Signal”, 128d, 128e; “the sign”, 129b, 129d; “the voice”, 128d, 128e, 129b, 129c. See Key Words, Sign, voice, power.

sophist, σοφιστής (sophistēs). 121d, 122a (note at 121d); the teachers Socrates names at 127e–128a, Prodicus, Gorgias and Polus, are not called sophists in the text.

spend time, διατρίβειν (diatribein); spend time with, συνδιατρίβειν (syndiatribein). 128b, 129e, 130a.

statesmen, πολιτικοί, πολιτικοὶ ἄνδρες (politikoi, politikoi andres); the affairs of the city, τὰ πολιτικά (ta politika). “Statesmen”, 126c, 126d, 127e; “the affairs of the city”, 126a, 126c, 127a. See Key Words, Statesmen and the affairs of the city.

stupidity, ἀμαθία (amathia). 123d (note); “ignorance” is kept for ἄγνοια.

tyrant, τύραννος (tyrannos); be a tyrant, τυραννεῖν (tyrannein); tyrannical, τυραννικός (tyrannikos); tyrant-teacher, τυραννοδιδάσκαλος (tyrannodidaskalos). “Tyrants”, 124e, 125b–d, 126a; “a tyrant”, 124e, 125e (“to become a tyrant”); “a wise tyrant”, 125a; “to be our tyrant”, “tyrannical rule”, 124e; “tyrant-teacher”, 125a (note); “knows tyrannical things”, 125e. See rule and Key Words, Rule, ruler, tyrant.

use, χρῆσθαι (chrēsthai); do with, the same verb of persons. “What do we use it for?”, 123d; “make some further use of Euripides”, προσχρῆσθαι (proschrēsthai), 125b; “use” of horses, javelins and cities, 126b–c; “what would you do with yourself”, “anything to do with him”, “what to do with you”, 126d–127a.

wisdom, σοφία (sophia); wise, σοφός (sophos). 121d, 122e, 123b–d, 124b, 125a–e, 126b–d, 128a; “Wise are tyrants by being with the wise”, 125b. See Key Words, Wise, wisdom.

wonder, θαυμάζειν (thaumazein). 127a, 127d, 127e; “wonderful progress”, θαυμάσιον, 130a.