[Footnote 66: Plato, Republ. ii. p. 379 C. [Greek: Ou)d' a)/ra o( theo/s, e)peidê\ a)gatho/s, pa/ntôn a)\n ei)/ê ai)/tios, ô(s oi( polloi\ le/gousin, a)ll' o)li/gôn me\n toi=s a)nthrô/pois ai)/tios, pollô=n de\ a)nai/tios; _polu\ ga\r e)la/ttô ta)gatha\ tô=n kakô=n ê(mi=n_. Kai\ tô=n me\n a)gathô=n ou)de/na a)/llon ai)tiate/on, tô=n de\ kakô=n a)/ll' a)/tta dei= zêtei=n ta\ ai)/tia, a)ll' ou) to\n theo/n.]] [Footnote 67: Plato, Rep, ii. p. 380 B. Plutarch, Consolat. ad Apollonium (107 C, 115 E), citation from Pindar--[Greek: e(\n par' e)sthlo\n pê/mata su/nduo dai/ontai brotoi=s A)tha/natoi--pollô=| ga\r plei/ona ta\ kaka/; kai\ ta\ me\n] (sc. [Greek: a)gatha\]) [Greek: mo/gis kai\ dia\ pollô=n phronti/dôn ktô/metha, ta\ de\ kaka/, pa/nu r(a|di/ôs.] In the Sept. cont. Thebas of Æschylus, Eteokles complains of this doctrine as a hardship and unfairness to the chief. If (says he) we defend the city successfully, our success will be ascribed to the Gods; if, on the contrary, we fail, Eteokles alone will be the person blamed for it by all the citizens:-- [Greek: Ei) me\n ga\r eu)= pra/xaimen, ai)ti/a theou=; Ei) d' au)=th', o(\ mê\ ge/noito, sumphora\ tu/choi, E)teokle/ês a)\n ei(=s polu\s kata\ pto/lin U(mnoi=th' u(p' a)stô=n phroimi/ois polur)r(o/thois Oi)mô/gmasin th']--(v. 4).] The principle involved in these criticisms of Plato deserves notice, in more than one point of view. [Side-note: Position of Plato as an innovator on the received faith and traditions. Fictions indispensable to the Platonic Commonwealth.]