[304] Athen. 184 d. Plutarch, however, says that when Alkibiades’ masters tried to make him learn the flute, he refused, declaring that it was unfit for gentlemen (_Alk._ ii. 5). [305] Not a respected profession at Athens. [306] Brit. Mus. E 495, 64, 71. [307] Athen. 337 f. [308] Smith’s _Dictionary of Antiquities_. [309] φορβεία [phorbeia]. It belonged to professionals. [310] γλωσσοκομεῖον [glôssokomeion]. [311] See the “Inscription” of the _Andria_ and other plays of Terence. [312] See Illustr. Plate II. [313] Athen. 20 f. [314] Plato, _Laches_, 180 D. [315] Plato, _Euthud._ 272 C. [316] _Ibid._ 295 D. [317] Aristoph. _Knights_, 987-996. [318] Plato, _Protag._ 326 B. [319] Aristot. _Pol._ viii. 3. 7. [320] _Ibid._ viii. 3. 1. [321] Plato, _Protag._ 318 B. [322] _Ibid._ 311 C. [323] Plin. _Hist. Nat._ 35. [324] Stob. _Floril._ 98, p. 535. [325] Plato, _Laws_, 769 B. [326] See _Rep._ X. 596 E, 605 A, etc. In the _Sophist_, 235 D, 266 D, etc., Plato reserves his denunciation for φανταστική [phantastikê] which creates illusions; he almost approves of εἰκαστική [eikastikê]. Idealised painting is hinted at in _Rep._ 472 D, 484 C. [327] Aeschylus, _Agamemnon_, 1329. [328] Plato, _Theait._ 208 E. [329] The modern oil process was not employed till late on in the Renaissance. Fresco was common. [330] Aristot. _Pol._ viii. 3. 12. [331] θεωρητικὸν τοῦ περὶ τὰ σώματα κάλλους [theôrêtikon tou peri ta sômata kallous]. CHAPTER IV ATHENS AND THE REST OF HELLAS: PHYSICAL EDUCATION