G.
Games, as a means of education, 4. [425 A] (cp. 7. [537 A]);
—dice (κύβοι), 10. [604 C];
—draughts (πεττεία), 1. [333 A]; 2. [374 C]; 6. [487 C];
—city (πόλις), 4. [422 E]:
—[the Olympic, &c.] glory gained by success in, 5. [465 D], [466 A]; 10. [618 A] (cp. [620 B]).
General, the, ought to know arithmetic and geometry, 7. [522 D], [525 B], [526 D], [527 C].
Gentleness, characteristic of the philosopher, 2. [375], [376]; 3. [410]; 6. [486 C]; usually inconsistent with spirit, 2. [375].
Geometry, must be learnt by the rulers, 7. [526] foll.; erroneously thought to serve for practical purposes only, ib. [527];
—geometry of solids, ib. [528];
—geometrical necessity, 5. [458 D];
—geometrical notions apprehended by a faculty of the soul, 6. [511 C].
Giants, battles of the, 2. [378 B].
Gifts, given to victors, 3. [414]; 5. [460], [468];
—gifts of nature, 2. 370 A; 5. [455]; 7. [535 A]; may be perverted, 6. [491 E], [495 A]; 7. [519] [cp. Laws 7. 819 A; 10. 908 C].
Glaucon, son of Ariston, 1. [327 A]; 2. [368 A]; takes up the discourse, 1. [347 A]; 2. [372 C]; 3. [398 B]; 4. [427 D]; 5. [450 A]; 6. [506 D]; 9. [576 B]; anxious to contribute money for Socrates, 1. [337 E]; the boldest of men, 2. [357 A]; his genius, ib. [368 A]; distinguished at the battle of Megara, [ibid.]; a musician, 3. [398 D]; 7. [531 A]; desirous that Socrates should discuss the subject of women and children, 5. [450 A]; breeds dogs and birds, ib. [459 A]; a lover, ib. [474 D] (cp. 3. [402 E]; 5. [458 E]); not a dialectician, 7. [533]; his contentiousness, 8. [548 E]; not acquainted with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, 10. [608].
Glaucus, the sea-god, 10. [611 C].
Gluttony, 9. [586 A].