B.
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].
Blest, Islands of the, 7. [519 C], [540 B].
Body, the, not self-sufficing, 1. [341 E]; excessive care of, inimical to virtue, 3. [407] (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. [422].
Brass (and iron) mingled by the God in the husbandmen and craftsmen, 3. [415 A] (cp. 8. [547 A]).
Breeding of animals, 5. [459].
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]. 343