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And therefore when any one of these pantomimic gentlemen, who are

so clever that they can imitate anything, comes to us, and makes

a proposal to exhibit himself and his poetry, we will fall down

and worship him as a sweet and holy and wonderful being; but we

must also inform him that in our State such as he are not

permitted to exist; the law will not allow them. And so when we

have anointed him with myrrh, and set a garland of wool upon his

head, we shall send him away to another city. For we mean to

employ for our souls' health the rougher and severer poet or

story-teller, who will imitate the style of the virtuous only,

and will follow those models which we prescribed at first when we

began the education of our soldiers.

We certainly will, he said, if we have the power.

Then now, my friend, I said, that part of music or literary

education which relates to the story or myth may be considered to

be finished; for the matter and manner have both been discussed.

I think so too, he said.