123
Soc. For that is gymnastics?
123
The. Yes.
123
Soc. Well, to govern people who do what? Endeavor your best to speak, as I did to you at the beginning.
124
The. To govern the people in the city, I imagine.
124
Soc. And are the sick people also in the city?
124
The. Yes, but I mean not these only, but all the rest who are in the city besides.
124
Soc. Do I understand what art it is that you mean? For you strike me as meaning, not that whereby we know how to govern reapers and harvesters and planters and sowers and threshers, for it is the farmer’s art whereby we govern these, is it not?
124
The. Yes.
124
Soc. Nor, I suppose, do you mean that whereby we know how to govern sawyers and borers and planers and turners, as a class together; for is not that carpentry?
124
The. Yes.
124
Soc. But perhaps it is that whereby we govern, not only all these, but farmers themselves also, and carpenters, and all craftsmen and ordinary people, whether men or women: that, perhaps, is the wisdom you mean.
124
The. That, Socrates, is what I have been intending to mean all the time.
124
Soc. Then can you tell me whether Aegisthus, who slew Agamemnon in Argos, governed all these people that you mean craftsmen and ordinary people, both men and women, or some other persons?
124
The. No, just those.
124
Soc. Well now, did not Peleus, son of Aeacus, govern these same people in Phthia?
124
The. Yes.
124
Soc. And have you ever heard of Periander, son of Cypselus, and how he governed at Corinth?
124
The. I have.
124
Soc. Did he not govern these same people in his city?
124
The. Yes.
124
Soc. Or again, do you not consider that Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, who governed recently in Macedonia, governed these same people?
124
The. I do.
124
Soc. And who do you think were governed by Hippias, son of Peisistratus, who governed in this city? Were they not these people ?
124
The. To be sure they were.
