[48] VII, p. 806.

[49] Laws, III, p. 700. The same initial cause of degeneracy is postulated in Plato's Republic, VIII, p. 546.

[50] Greek Literature (The Columbia University Press, 1912), p. 11.

[51] Laws, VIII, p. 831.

[52] Republic, II, p. 372 b.

[53] Politics, II, 3 (6), 3, p. 1265 a. (The translation used here and elsewhere in the book is that of Welldon: the text that of Immisch.)

[54] Bury, J.B., The Ancient Greek Historians, pp. 182 ff.

[55] Politics, II, 2 (5), 10, p. 1264 a.

[56] VII (IV), 6 (7), 1, p. 1327 b.

[57] Politics, IV (VI), 10 (12), 1, p. 1296 b.